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Knitting acts as a natural antidepressant and can help ease anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. It can also protect the brain from aging.
#knitting
#MondayMotivation
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Every letter "c" in "Pacific Ocean" is pronounced differently.
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"Stresslaxing" is being stressed that relaxing makes you more stressed because you're not working on what's making you stressed.
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Intelligent people often underestimate themselves, while ignorant people tend to think they’re brilliant.
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In Mayan mythology, there is a god with a man's body and a bat's head. Named Camazotz, he was worshipped some 2,500 years ago and symbolized night, death, and mystery. Does he remind you of anyone?
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The next nine days are all palindromes. The dates will be the same backward and forward:
12121 12221 12321 12421 12521 12621 12721 12821 12921
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Theme parks in Japan have banned screaming on roller coasters to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Riders are encouraged to "scream inside your heart."
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Opium-addicted parrots in India are attacking farmers, gobbling up crops, and even flying off with opium pods. The government's narcotics department has issued a warning about the drug-addicted birds.
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Due to the absence of tourists and heavy traffic, the canals of Venice have become clear. Small fish are visible and swans are returning.
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Mike Tyson once said: "Social media made ya'll too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."
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Ladybugs also produce a substance that resembles milk when under attack. It's inedible, though!
Ladybugs also benefit farmers by eating harmful insects, such as aphids.
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Mark Twain once said that “while the rest of the human race are descended from monkeys, redheads derive from cats.”
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A "glisk" is sunlight that is glimpsed through a break in the clouds, a fleeting glance at a glittering sight, a brief glow of warmth from a fire that's burned low.
It can also mean a sudden flash of hope in the heart.
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This is a bushtit.
Bushtits are monogamous, and they often decorate their hanging nests with flower petals.
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"Doublebooking" is when you cheat on a book by starting another book before you've finished the first.
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His little walk at the end 🐘🐘💕
A twenty minutes old calf. Finding its feet & dancing into his new world 💕
A feet that will take him miles & miles in coming days.
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Dogs are among a small group of animals who show voluntary unselfish kindness toward others.
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The Tasmanian pygmy possum is the world's smallest possum.
Photo Credit: Amanda McClean
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Sea otter pups can't swim, so they sleep on their mothers' chest as she floats.
They also have very thick fur, which acts as a type of life jacket for the pup.
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In 1969, African-American citizens in the United States were not permitted to swim in community pools with white people.
Despite this, Fred Rogers invited an African-American police officer to his television show, where they both dipped their feet in a plastic wading pool.
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Actor Samuel Jackson has uttered “motherf----r” 171 times in 27 different movies.
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In 1996, a man in Devon, England hooted at owls for a year and recorded their responses.
However, he was unaware that it was actually one of his neighbors who was pretending to be an owl and hooting back.
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Over a lifetime, most people spend an average of one year sitting on the toilet.
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A piece of brain tissue the size of a grain of sand contains 100,000 neurons and 1 billion synapses.
#WorldBrainDay2023
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The average person has about 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day.
Of those, 95% are the same repetitive thoughts as the day before and an estimated 80% are negative.
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A 101-year-old Italian man who was born during the 1918 flu pandemic (which killed up to 50 million people) has recovered from the coronavirus. 💪
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The difference between jelly and jam is that jelly is made with fruit juice, and jam is made with mashed fruit.
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When a queen bee becomes too old or injured to serve the colony, worker bees surround her body until she overheats and dies.
This is known as supersedure, or "cuddle death."
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After a male penguin falls in love, he will search the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to give to her.
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Elvis Presley had an identical twin.
Born 35 minutes before Elvis, Jesse Garon was stillborn and buried in an unmarked grave in Priceville Cemetery.
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A woman who lost her wedding ring found it 16 years later on a carrot in her garden.
She lost her wedding ring after accidentally throwing it out with the compost in 1995. In 2012, she found it around a carrot in her garden.
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According to Indian legend, wise men would mediate under the shady leaves of banana plants.
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When dancer Gene Kelly was asked to direct the film version of "The Sound of Music," he escorted the screenwriter out of his house, saying, "Go find someone else to direct this piece of sh%$."
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Betty White is older than sliced bread. Betty White was born in 1922, and sliced bread was introduced in 1928.
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The "O" before an Irish name, such as "O'Reilly," means "descendant of."
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Gossip and complaining make up approximately 80% of most people's conversations.
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Listening to your favorite music for just 15 minutes a day lowers stress levels, anxiety, sadness, and a depressed mood.
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Sea otters have the densest fur of any animal.
Unlike many other marine animals, otters don't have a blubber layer, so they rely on their water-resistant and dense fur for protection.
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"Cardening" is a type of gardening--inside a car.
Would you try it?
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Due to social distancing, deodorant sales have declined, and ice cream sales have soared.
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Hummingbirds have rainbows in their wings.
Australian artist and photographer Christian Spencer discovered this prism effect when a hummingbird hovered in front of the sun.
*Photo: Christian Spencer
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The German word "Kummerspeck" literally translates to "grief bacon" or "sorrow fat."
It refers to weight gain due to emotional eating.
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In Ankara, Turkey, sanitation workers created a public library out of books they found while collecting garbage.
It contains over 6,000 books.
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Mutations in starfish can make them square.
They are called a biscuit starfish.
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According to Plato, wine may be tasted in moderation until age 31, but when a man reaches 40, he may drink as much as he wants to cure the "crabbedness of old age."
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Phyllis Smith, who plays Phyllis Vance in "The Office," was a NFL cheerleader and a burlesque dancer.
She's also the voice "Sadness" in the Pixar movie "Inside Out."
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The age at which we laugh most exuberantly are ages 5 and 6.
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People have reported that they're having especially vivid dreams since the coronavirus pandemic.
Experts theorize that our brains are trying to process more information and emotions.
Additionally, more vivid dreams could be a result of altered sleep schedules.
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Flight attendant Betty Ann Ong was a flight attendant on the first airplane to be hijacked on 9/11. Amidst complete terror, she stayed on the telephone for 25 minutes relaying information that led to the closing of the airspace by the FAA.
#Heroes
#911September
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Dolly Parton holds three Guinness World Records:
1) Most Decades With a Top 20 Hit on the US Hot Country Songs Chart
2) Most Hits on US Hot Country Songs Chart By a Female Artist
3) Most No. 1 Hits on the US Hot Country Songs Chart by a Female Artist
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Students from South Korea made a raft out of potato chip bags to prove that the bags had too much air in them.
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Beekeepers in France noticed that their bees were producing honey in unusual shades of green and blue.
After investigating, the beekeepers discovered that the bees had been eating remnants of M&M candy shells from a nearby factory.
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Ferengi, the name of an alien race in "Star Trek," is the Persian word for “foreigner.”
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In 1790, Marseille, France allowed a ship from plague-ridden Cyprus into port because merchants didn't want to wait for the usual quarantine process.
Within the next two years, half the population of Marseille was dead.
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The name "jaguar" is derived from the Native American word "yaguar," which means “he who kills with one leap.”
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The bird on the Twitter logo is named "Larry."
He was named after the basketball player Larry Bird, who played for the Boston Celtics.
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This is a Venezuelan Poodle Moth, which was discovered in 2009. Is it adorable, terrifying, or adorably terrifying? 😬
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According to Guiness World Record, the hardest tongue twister in the English language is this: “The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep’s sick.”
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Beaver eyelids are transparent and act as goggles as the beaver swims underwater.
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The Muppet vampire, Count von Count from Sesame Street, is based on actual vampire myth.
One way to supposedly deter a vampire is to throw seeds outside a door. Vampires are compelled to count the seeds, delaying them until the sun comes up. 🧛♂️🧛🧛♀️
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On December 21, Jupiter and Saturn will appear so closely aligned in the night sky that they will look like a double planet.
It will be the closest Jupiter-Saturn conjunction since 1623.
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Laughter is contagious. Just watching people laugh activates the brain to prepare facial muscles to join in.
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Capitonyms are words which change their meaning if the first letter is capitalized.
For example: Turkey (the country) and turkey (the bird).
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Research shows that people who laugh at dark jokes have higher IQs and report less aggressive tendencies.
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This is the Atlantic Royal Flycatcher.
This royal bird has a stunning, but rarely seen crest. It is endemic to southeast Brazil but is threatened by habitat loss.
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Joe and Jill Biden will be joined in the White House by their two German shepherds, named Champ and Major. They are also planning to get a cat.
#Inauguration2021
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Even if you’re in bad mood, the simple act of smiling can instantly lift your mood, lower stress levels, and boost your immune system.
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Prolific zombie filmmaker George A. Romero’s first paid directing job was filming Mr. Rogers’ tonsillectomy for "Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood."
Romero said this project somehow inspired him to pursue a career in horror films.
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The Hungarian word for "quotation marks" is "macskaköröm," which literally translates to "cat claws."
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In 2017, a Texas man was hospitalized when a bullet he shot at an armadillo ricocheted off the animal and hit him in the jaw.
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To express happiness, bunnies will sometimes jump around and flick their heads and feet.
This happy jump is known within the rabbit community as a “binky."
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“Emoji” is derived from three Japanese words: “e” for picture, “mo” for write, “ji” for character.
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The smallest octopus species is Octopus wolfi, which is about 1 inch (2.5 cm) and weighs less than 0.035 oz (1 g).
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According to the ancient religion Zoroastrianism, otters are sacred creatures. 🦦 ❤️
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Mark Twain once quipped that “while the rest of the human race are descended from monkeys, redheads derive from cats.”
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When humans take a breath, they replace only 15% of the air in their lungs with fresh air.
When dolphins take a breath, they replace 90% of the air in their lungs with fresh air.
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The nonsense phrase "umop apisdn" is "upside down" spelled upside down.
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In Welsh folklore, fairies ride corgis into battle. 🧚🧚♀️
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