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10 interesting facts most people do not know

Fact: Honey never spoils and can be preserved for thousands of years. Fact: The shortest war in history was between Britain and Zanzibar, lasting only 38 minutes. Fact: The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters. Fact: The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat, which weighs less than a penny. Fact: Cows have best friends and can become stressed when separated from them. Fact: The dot above the lowercase "i" and "j" is called a tittle. Fact: The Titanic had a swimming pool onboard. Fact: Th

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1:There is enough DNA in the average person's body to stretch from the sun to Pluto and back -- 17 times The human genome (the genetic code in each human cell) contains 23 DNA molecules (called chromosomes), each containing from 500,000 to 2.5 million nucleotide pairs. DNA molecules of this size are 1.7 to 8.5 cm long when uncoiled -- about 5 cm on average. There are about 37 trillion cells in the human body, so if you were to uncoil all of the DNA encased in each cell and place the molecules en

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FUN FACTS: The Fascinating History Behind Bluetooth’s Name And Logo

Wow!! Do you know that Bluetooth was coined out of the name of the Viking King, Harald Bluetooth? This means you wear and carry a viking symbol about on your phones and airpods.

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Top 10 Fascinating Fun Facts

The world is an insane place. Even the most mundane, mundane, mundane things can have a strange backstory—or do something you had no idea they could. Did you know that worms consume four to six times their body weight each day? Or that trained pigeons can tell Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso apart? Who would have guessed?

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