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Brain age decreases by 0.95 years for each year of education, and by 0.58 years for every daily flight of stairs climbed, a study found.

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After being the King of Spain, Naples and Sicily, the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte moved to New Jersey.

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When he first moved to Los Angeles, the actor who plays "The Most Interesting Man in the World" worked as a garbage truck driver.

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Thanks to the "ice bucket challenge," donors raised US$100 million for ALS research in just one month of 2014, compared with US$2.8 million during the same period the previous year.

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Tango originated in the brothels surrounding Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was meant to dramatize the relationship between a prostitute and her pimp.

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There's up to US$60 billion in sunken treasure sitting at the bottom of the world's oceans.

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Starting in 2017, San Francisco will require new buildings to have solar panels.

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30% of mass killings appear to have been inspired by previous killings covered by media, a study found.

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New Mexico isn't really named after Mexico, since it was named in 1563 and Mexico didn't drop its "New Spain" name until 1821.

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Microsoft had offered to buy Yahoo for US$44.6 billion in 2008. Yahoo rejected the offer. In 2016, it sold for just US$4.8 billion.

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At least a dozen Americans were killed by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, a fact that the U.S. did not acknowledge until the 1970s.

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In one year, a 100-bat colony can drink the blood of 25 cows.

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While receiving a single tattoo temporarily weakens your immune system, receiving several tattoos over time could strengthen it.

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Even a small meteoroid of 5 kg (10 lbs) can excavate a huge crater over 9 meters (30 ft) across the lunar surface because the Moon has little or no atmosphere.

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"In God We Trust" was declared the U.S.national motto in 1956. It first appeared in 1861 because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War.

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Drinking 2 to 4 cups of coffee daily has been found to drop the risk of suicide by 50% compared to non-coffee drinkers.

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It's not strictly true that no sound vibrations can travel through space at all, but humans would not be able to hear any sounds in space.

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Mexico and Thailand are the most common countries for American tourists to die abroad.

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Infanticide has been observed in bottlenose dolphins.

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"Evil" behaviours can be categorised into four basic groups: machiavellianism, psychopathy, sadism and narcissism. They are far from being unique to our species.

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Bonobos are the only non-human animal to have been observed engaging in tongue kissing and oral sex.

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"That 70s Show" was set 22 years in the past. If a nostalgic show like it aired in 2016, it would be set in the year 1994.

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A tomato plant was found on a volcanic island. It had grown from the feces of a scientist that took a dump there.

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The more money you make, the less time you spend on the internet, a U.S. study found.

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If a self-driving car gets in an accident that is clearly its fault, the owner doesn't pay damages. The manufacturers do.

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President Jimmy Carter pardoned all Vietnam draft dodgers on his second day in office.

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Hitler himself was never elected by the people. He lost the presidential election but the Nazis formed a coalition that got them enough seats to demand the position of Chancellor for Hitler.

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Henry Kissinger convinced Pele to play soccer in the U.S.

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Isaac Newton lost the equivalent of US$3 million in today's money on stock market in 1720.

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Jose Cuervo is still produced on land granted to the family by the King of Spain in 1758. It was the first business to receive a license to produce tequila and is the oldest family run business in Mexico.

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