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Leonid Rogozov performed surgery on himself, removing his appendice without anesthetics, using a mirror.
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Sonic Hedgehog is a signaling molecule in the brain. Researchers named the gene after the cartoon character.
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The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
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If you count the number of times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have the correct ambient temperature in celcius degrees.
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Anorexia is more common for people born in springtime!
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To survive, every bird must eat at least half its own weight in food each day.
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In 1879, a mail service in Belgium employed 37 cats to carry bundles of letters to villages around the town of Liege, this experiment was shorted-lived as the cats proved thoroughly undisciplined.
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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
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More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.
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In Texas, a recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.
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To break a door give it a well-placed kick or two to the lock area. Slamming against it with your shoulder is not usually as effective as kicking with your foot, your foot exerts more force, and you will be able to direct the force toward the area of the locking mechanism more succinctly.

