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21 Nov 2009
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Nostradamus wrote 942 quatrains (4 line long poems) in his lifetime which he organised into centuries. Many people believe that he could predict the future and that these poems contain cryptic information about future events.
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Healthy hair has an average lifetime of 2-6 years. The lifetime of hair is responsible for the maximum of hair length you can have.
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The magnetic poles follow circular paths with diameters of about 100 miles (160 km).
Of the 26 people present at the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen, six perished within ten years. Of the ten who had witnessed the unwrapping of Tutankhamen's corpse, none died within that period.
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In 1973, scientists discovered receptors for opiates on neurons in several regions of the brain that suggested the brain must make substances very similar to opium.
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In Antarctica, Lichens are the only abundant organism, with 200-300 species found on the continent - they are able to withstand the effects of a massively depleted ozone layer as well as temperatures down to -50C.
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A Boeing 707 plane uses 4000 gallons of fuel during take-off.
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Butterflies have taste receptors on their feet.
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Fata Morgana are visions in which landforms that are beyond the horizon appear to float above it in an inverted form.
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The rituals of many traditions from Taoists to the Ancient Egyptians involved the ingestion of menstrual blood mixed with red wine to increase spiritual power.
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On December 2nd 1942, a nuclear chain reaction was achieved for the first time under the stands of the University of Chicago's football stadium. Although the same process led to the massive energy release of the atomic bomb, the first reaction produced just enough energy to light a small flashlight.
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The first transatlantic fibre-optic cable was laid in 1988. Fibre-optic cables now criss-cross the developed world.
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Have you ever seen a ring around the moon? Folklore has it that this means bad weather is coming.
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