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Health.com presents its list of 25 random things you might not know about the human body, nutrition and exercise, sex, sickness, and health. 1. Rinsing your nose with salt water can help keep you healthy and ward off allergy symptoms. Nasal... Read More

The loss of eyelashes is referred to as madarosis. Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water. The popular chocolate bar "Three Musketeers" got its name because when it was first introduced in 1932 there were three individual bars. The... Read More

The largest spider ever was the Megarachne which had a diameter of 50 cm. The fossil was found in Argentina. In Russia, when flowers are given for a romantic occasions, flowers are given in odds numbers as even number of flowers is given at... Read More

An olive tree can live up to 1500 years. 96% of people put the peanut butter on first when making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Scientists have actually performed brain surgery on cockroaches. Everyday, more money is printed for... Read More

Roman emperors ate flamingo tongues which were considered a delicacy. Also, parrotfish livers and pheasant brains were feasted on. In 2002, the most popular car color in North America was silver. Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while... Read More

In 1845, inventor Thomas Adams started the world’s first chewing gum factory. In 1693, the postage rate of a letter was determined by how much light went through the letter. The less the light went through the letter the more expensive the... Read More

The speed at which honey bees fly is 15 miles per hour. The average life expectancy of an ant is about 90 days. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. In France, it is illegal for a... Read More

A snake charmer in Bangladesh once found 3,500 poisonous cobras and their eggs hidden underneath the floors of two suburban homes. The IRS employees' tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war. There are approximately... Read More

reCAPTCHA, another one of the internet's most innovative projects in now in Google's hands. Not only is reCAPTCHA an effective device for security against spam, it also manages to accomplish a mission, to convert a large volume of printed literature... Read More

This list explores a variety of fascinating scientific facts that you probably are unaware of. Science is still a very mysterious subject so there are millions of trivial facts about it. This will be the first of many scientific facts in the future.... Read More