Charles Osborne holds the record for the ‘longest bout of hiccups’ – 68 years. He hiccuped up to 40 times a minute in the first couple decades but they slowed to 20 a minute as he got older. Doctors estimated he hiccuped nearly 600,000,000 times in his lifetime.
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Source: https://priceonomics.com/the-man-who-hiccuped-for-68-years/
Apple recently announced it will be selling a monitor stand for its new Pro Display XDR separately for a whopping $999.
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Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/wwdc-2019-craziest-reveal-was-a-1000-dollar-monitor-stand-for-the-5000-dollar-pro-display-xdr/
Researchers found mother burying beetles eat their offspring if they beg for food too much.
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Source: https://phys.org/news/2013-08-mother-beetles-young.html
Thailand’s Ampulex dementor is named after the mythical creatures in Harry Potter because of the way the wasp injects venom into cockroaches that prevents its prey from controlling their own movement.
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In 2018, Domino’s Pizza offered essentially free pizza for life in exchange for individuals getting a Domino’s logo tattoo and sharing it on social media. The contest was meant to last 2 months but hit the limit in 5 days.
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Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/dominos-free-pizza-russia-tattoos-promo-ends-early-2018-9?r=US&IR=T
Immersion in India’s Ganges river is believed by many to purify them of their sins despite being one of the world’s most polluted rivers. Microbiologists have found more an two dozen or more bacteriophages that could naturally provide a non-antibiotic treatment to a number of deadly diseases.
Source: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/the-healing-power-of-indias-ganges-river
Whole milk or full-fat milk actually only contains 3.25% fat. The percentages of milk fat is measured by weight and not by volume.
Source: https://milklife.com/articles/nutrition/types-of-dairy-milk
In 2017, a captive zebra shark gave birth asexually, which is only the third documented case of a vertebrate species switching its reproductive process from sexual to asexual.
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The ephors of Sparta could fine a king, and they did fine King Archidamus for marrying a short wife for fear she would bear him ‘kinglets’ instead of kings. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://eatouteatwell.com/a-lot-of-people-at-the-table-you-might-eat-more/