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In 2010, there was a major traffic jam in China that lasted for over ten days.

 A man's penis really does have a mind of its own.

 Cold weather does not cause colds.

 Women who vacation more than once a year have less depression as well as greater relationship satisfaction

 Americans have more sex than anyone else in the world.

 Sitting up straight can make a guy feel more powerful and increase his self-confidence, as well as his pain tolerance.

 Salvador Dali would avoid paying tabs by drawing on cheques. The drawing would be too valuable to cash the cheques.

 Consuming large amounts of sugar, overeating, not sleeping enough and smoking are all brain damaging habits.

 A man once tried to blow up the Eiffel Tower because its light was shining into his bedroom, keeping him awake at night.

 Macaque monkeys in Japan have learned to steal purse, wallets, take the coins and use them to buy snacks from vending machines.

 Tetris is so addictive because of our deep-seated psychological drive to tidy up and keep things organized.

 Hummingbirds are the only birds that can hover in still air for 30 seconds or more.

 At 25 km height, Olympus Mons in Mars is the tallest mountain in the Solar System.

 With a diameter of 8,500 km, Borealis Basin in Mars is the biggest crater in the Solar System.

 Pistanthrophobia = The common fear of trusting people due to past experiences with relationships gone bad.

 The simple past tense version of the word "dare" is "durst".

 A French woman once received a $15,000,000,000,000,000 phone bill.

 Parrots are able to dance and move in time music - this is most likely connected with their ability to mimic and speak.

 The world's most extreme toilet is located in Siberia at the edge of a cliff 8,500 feet above sea level.

 A moon-sized diamond was found in space and has been named "Lucy" after the Beatle's song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

 The Pirate Bay tried buying their own island in hopes of making their own country with no copyright laws.

 Honeybees are the only insects that produce food for humans.

 Cuddling a baby, reading out loud, cheating in school and getting a business degree are all good for an efficient mind.

 When you forgive, your own deep and natural goodness is increasingly revealed.

 The chilling shiver you experience with a strong emotion is called "frisson".

 In Arizona, it is against the law to take nude pictures before noon on Sunday.

 In the 2011 census "Jedi" was the 7th most popular religion, after Buddhism.

 The Merriam-Webster officially recognizes "wenis" as "the extra skin" on your elbow.

 Crows are able to remember the faces of people who mistreated them.

 Chickens with white earlobes will lay white eggs, while chickens with red earlobes lay brown eggs.

 Mars, being significantly small in comparison to other planets, contains both the tallest mountain, and the biggest crater in the Solar System.

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