Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim invented the automatic machine gun in the 1880s. During this time, he is said to have spent so much time test-firing his guns that he became completely deaf. By the time his son, Hiram Percy Maxim, eventually invented the silencer, it was already too late to save Sir Maxim's hearing.
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Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible. Honey's low moisture content and acidic pH create an inhospitable environment for bacteria and microorganisms, allowing it to remain preserved indefinitely under the right conditions.
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Standing for just 3-4 hours a day, five days a week, is the physical equivalent of running ten marathons a year.

In 1996, a Hong Kong gangster kidnapped the son of billionaire business magnate, Sir Ka-shing Li, and went to the tycoon's house to personally collect a ransom of HK$1 billion (around USD$130 million). After releasing his son, the kidnapper called Li and asked for advice on how to invest the ransom money.
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The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion of the iron.
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In 1976, an Italian economist published an article titled "The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity."

His first law was: "Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation".

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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the Fear of long words (ironically, this term is a long word itself).
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The average meat eater consumes 7,000 animals in their lifetime. It breaks down to 11 cows, 27 pigs, 2,400 chickens, 80 turkeys, 30 sheep and 4,500 fish.
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Death from laughter is a supposedly extremely rare form of death, usually resulting from either cardiac arrest or asphyxiation, that has itself been caused by a fit of laughter.

In an actual case of dying of laughter, 56-year-old Danish audiologist named Ole Bentzen laughed himself to death watching a film called, A Fish Called Wanda.
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💬 Who are you?

The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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A strange superstition in Africa once caused the murders of bald men.

In Mozambique, a bald men were killed and beheaded. The reason for the attack is a superstition that says that the head of bald men is full of gold.
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Adolf Hitler was once nominated for the Nobel peace prize in 1939.
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Mike Tyson once offered a zoo attendant $10,000 to open the cage and let him fight a bullying gorilla.
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The Mexican Drug Cartels made a combined estimate of $29 billion dollars in 2010, about the same as Google.

Expect poison from the standing water.
― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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The man who ate an Airplane piece by piece.

Michel Lotiito who can literally eat anything, once ate a plane, and it took him 10 years to finish.
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Did you know that there's a type of fungus called "Zombie Ant Fungus" that infects ants and controls their minds, essentially turning them into zombies? It's like a real-life version of a horror movie, except it's happening in the insect world!
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The International Space Station wasn't built on Earth and taken into Space. It was slowly assembled in Space, over decades. The first piece was sent up in November 1998.
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