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"In the 17th century, glass windows were invented."

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People used to make windows out of flattened animal horns before that.

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India’s Tea Capital “Jorhat”

Ebook sales

Ebook sales have plummeted. (Sorry, Internet trolls!)

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Butterflies have four wings rather than two.

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Did you Know? The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is made up of cement and steel wire equal to the girth of the earth

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Dust mites do not bite people and are not parasites.

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Gabriel Gacía Marquez refuses to allow One Hundred Years of Solitude to be made into a film.

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The Swiss Wed Late

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It’s illegal to hold salmon under suspicious circumstances

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A tracker claimed to have come close to snapping a photo of the yeti in 1994.

Afrikaans

Afrikaans was a protected language throughout the Apartheid era.

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Did you Know? Some of the rocks of Black sea are at least 540 million years old

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Some myths even claim that Goddess Durga visited her birthplace on Earth along with her children Lakshmi, Ganesha, Kartik, and Saraswati

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Venus flytraps entice prey with their delicious nectar and vibrant colours.

Ulcers

Ulcers spread to further areas of the human body.

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Did you Know? Jurassic Park Raptors sound like tortoise mating

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Revolutionary War in the United States

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Never mind that it cost more than 200 times as much as its predecessor.

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Did you Know? Palm Trees Are Important Religious Symbol

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Earthquakes Can Be Sensed on the Other Side of the Globe

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The same protein is used to make both your hair and nails.

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Cabbage White is the most frequent butterfly in the United States.

 hypnotized

The average person is hypnotised at least twice a day.

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Did you Know? In South Korea, men are spoilt on Valentine's Day rather than women.

Wind facts, Facts about Wind, Did you know

Wind chill is calculated using a very precise formula.

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We may thank a famous author's brother for conspiracy theorists' tinfoil hats.