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Word of the day: INEMURI, a Japanese term for sleeping at work (literally ‘sleeping while present’), which is considered completely acceptable and often regarded as a sign of diligence.
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The more you spend on an engagement ring, the more likely you are to get divorced.
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Word of the Day: BACKFRIEND - a friend who secretly does not like you at all
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Spiders can have arachnophobia.
(Image: Thomas Shahan; CC BY-NC-ND.)
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This year, New Zealand's "Bird of the Year" contest was won by a bat.
(Image: Shellie; CC-BY-NC-ND.)
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"Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men." NEIL GAIMAN and TERRY PRATCHETT
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Since hibernation is not sleep, animals emerge from hibernation sleep-deprived and tired.
Therefore, animals that hibernate come out of hibernation periodically in order to get some sleep.
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There is a three-way bridge in Michigan. It is called the "Tridge".
(Image: Phil Squattrito; CC BY.)
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Your heartbeat will synchronise with your date's if the date is going well.
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In medieval Europe, royal courts often had a special person called mustardarius who was in charge of growing and preparing mustard.
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UK company Crafted Beds is looking for a ‘Netflix and nap fanatic’ to be their mattress tester. The position pays £24,000 per year and entails spending 37.5 hours per week on a mattress assessing its comfortability.
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In Georgian-era slang, ‘a gentleman of three outs’ was a man without manners, money, and wit. ‘A gentleman of three ins’ was a man in debt, in gaol, and in danger of remaining there for life.
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Word of the Day: MULLIGRUBS — low spirits, bad temper.
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Word of the day GRUNTLING, n. the old term for a young pig.
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In the 1820s the water in the river Thames was portrayed as ‘monster soup’.
Image: Wellcome Collection CC BY-NC 4.0
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Ever wondered where the expression 'devil's advocate' comes from? 🤔
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One factory in Hull produces 900 million Yorkshire puddings a year.
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Mount Etna has erupted so much in the last six months, it’s grown about 100 feet (30m).
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People can only agree about what they’re not really interested in. BERTRAND RUSSELL
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According to one etymological theory, the word ‘decrepit’ comes from the prefix ‘de’ + the verb ‘crepare’, which can mean ‘to break wind’, and thus the word ‘decrepit’ describes someone who can’t fart because of old age.
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According to a 1985 paper, everything takes 2.71 times as long as you think it will.
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During her father's presidency (1901-1909), Alice Roosevelt smoked cigarettes in public, rode in cars with men, and kept a pet snake.
When Theodore Roosevelt was asked about her, his reply was: "I can either run the country or I can attend to Alice... I cannot possibly do both."
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Being infected with a parasite from cat poop makes you more likely to start a company.
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The word "Arctic" is from the Greek for bear, "Arctos", making it the "bear-place".
The Antarctic is the anti-Arctic, the "no-bears-place".
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"A woman always has half an onion left over, no matter what the size of the onion, the dish, or the woman." TERRY PRATCHETT
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