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58
Wind of change

A decrease in atmospheric pressure increases flatulences.


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Jane Cow

A cow with a name produces more milk than one without.


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Rabbits are not rodents!

Actually they are lagomorphs, another order of mammals.


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62
Purring therapy

Purring releases endorphins that help cats to ease the pain and reassure themselves.


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57
Kiss of deaf

A strong kiss can cause an imbalance in the air pressure between the two inner ears and lead to a broken ear drum!


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52
EPO Tour of California

The American pharmaceutic firm Amgen has been sponsoring the cyclist tour of California since 2006. Amgen is the first producer of EPO worldwide.


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49
Megafungus Rex

The largest living organism on earth (and by far) is a mushroom!


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75
Noble heart

Octopuses have three hearts and their blood is blue.


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Beetlejuice

Cockroaches are coprophage.


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66
Hair!

A newborn baby is hairier than you !


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Contortionism

It is impossible to put a finger in the nose, one in the anus and one in each ear simultaneously.


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79
Cockroach never dies…

A cockroach can live up to several weeks headless before it dies of starvation.


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42
Your eyes are bigger than…

The eye of an ostrich is bigger than its brain.


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18
Scavenger

The hippopotamus can, when he has no choice, eat meat.


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11
Plague

Plague is not eradicated actually: the WHO took a census of 2118 cases in 2003, among which 182 were fatal.


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Tedededede…

Chiropters (commonly known as bats), are the only mammals capable of flying.


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93
Coming out

It’s only in 1990 that the World Health Organization took the decision to withdraw homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.


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28
Atchoo !

It’s impossible to keep your eyes open while sneezing ! Try it !


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68
Break a leg !

Almost everybody has a number of feet above the average of the population.


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