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Showing posts with label Amazing Facts. Show all posts

Natural painkiller found in human saliva


A new painkilling substance found in human saliva has been discovered that is up to six times more potent than morphine it's produced naturally by the human body. Natural painkillers are very rare, and researchers hope that this recent find might be harnessed as a clinical treatment.


Doctors may have a new natural weapon to fight pain.
Natural painkiller found in human saliva


Naturally produced painkillers might help to avoid some of the side effects experienced by patients treated with synthetic compounds such as morphine, including addiction and tolerance with prolonged use. But the new substance will first have to be tested to confirm whether it will be an effective drug, experts warn.


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Sparkling Glow Pavement Replace Street Lights


A company called Pro-Teq has created a solution that makes pavement glow and sparkle in the dark. It is environmentally friendly and could save a lot of money.


Starpath: Glow-in-the-Dark, Energy-Efficient Technology to Illuminate Streets at Night
Glow Pavement

Starpath is a sprayable coating of light-absorbing particles that harvests ultra-violet rays from the sun during the day and dramatically lights up like a starry sky at night. The veneer is non-reflective, anti-slip and waterproof, and can be applied to cement, wood, tarmac or other solid surfaces.

This energy-efficient technology to illuminate pathways is environmentally friendly and beautiful.


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Usain bolt ate only chicken mcNuggets a day in beijing and won 3 medals


Usain Bolt had a different and a unique dietary secret to success: Chicken McNuggets. Lots and lots of Chicken McNuggets.

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Usain Bolt Ate Only Chicken McNuggets a Day in Beijing

In the ten days Bolt spent in Beijing, he downed approximately 1,000 nuggets, averaging 100 a day and surprisingly won 3 gold medals

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Taiwan offers free Wi-Fi to all foreign tourists


Wifi in Taiwan
Taiwan offers free Wi-Fi


Taiwan became one of the first countries in the world to offer free Wi-Fi on a mass scale to foreign tourists and its citizens, and now it is extending that to any foreign tourist, also for free, in a move that will gain it a lot of goodwill.
The Taiwan government-backed free “iTaiwan” wireless network launched in 2011, and now has about 4,400 hotspots in major tourist spots, transportation hubs, cultural establishments and government offices all over the island country.

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The sun is actually a greenish-blue color


I know, the sun doesn't look green or blue but it is actually greenish-blue color . When scientists measure the wavelength (color) of the sun, the peak output is in the transition area between blue and green (about 500 nanometers). So, technically, the sun is green-blue. But, why doesn’t it look green?


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The sun is actually a greenish-blue color

It doesn't look green because it also emits light at other wavelengths, enough that our eyes blending these wavelengths together perceive the combination as white light. Because of the way our eyes work, we can only see a green star (such as the sun) if its photons are limited to the green range. Therefore, you’ll never actually see a green star (as green).

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Oregon beggars earn $300 a day



An Oregon police survey says beggars outside Wal-Mart in Coos Bay can make $300 a day and about say $100,000+ a year. It takes a clerk a week to make that much.


Oregon panhandlers


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Wrap the top of your bananas they last for long


Wrap the top of your bananas with plastic wrap and they’ll last four to five days longer


Photo: Wrap the top of your bananas with plastic wrap and they’ll last four to five days longer. :D
Wrap the top of your bananas they’ll last for long



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Samuel Reshevsky defeats several chess masters at age 8


Samuel Reshevsky, age 8, defeating several chess masters at once in France, 1920.
One of the greatest chess players all all times, none other but Samuel Reshevsky.



samuel reshevsky at age eight

samuel reshevsky at age eight


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The giant mushroom in Oregon



The giant mushroom in Oregon



There is a giant mushroom in Oregon that is over 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles of land, and is still growing



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Leo Fender never knew how to play the guitar


Leo Fender, inventor of Fender Guitars, never knew how to play the guitar.



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Leo Fender



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Biodegradable cigarette filters with flower seeds.



Biodegradable cigarette filters with flower seeds.



Forman’s ‘Cigg Seeds’ are biodegradable cigarette filters that are embedded with wild flower seeds. Whenever a butt is thrown on to the ground, they will flourish into beautiful flowers. Even though this solution might not be fully practical in urban areas, it certainly would be very beneficial for public parks, beaches and other green zones.


Cigarette filters are made from cellulose acetate and although technically they are biodegradable, this can take as along as 10-15 years in certain environmental conditions.


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The most poisonous animal on Earth



The most poisonous animal on Earth is not a snake or a spider It's this beautiful little frog.

This Most poisonous frog , is less than a centimetre long and is gripping for all its worth to the tip of a pencil. But don't be fooled by the size of this baby 'poison dart' frog, its skin is 200 times more toxic than morphine.
The frogs, among the most poisonous amphibians on the planet, are found only in the wild on the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, South America. 
But now dozens of the rare species have been bred at the Blue Reef Aquarium in Portsmouth, Hampshire.


Photo: The most poisonous animal on Earth is not a snake or a spider. It's this beautiful little frog. 

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The most poisonous animal on Earth



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The Cuban tree frog with an unnatural glow


The Cuban tree frog took on an unnatural glow when it swallowed an entire fairy light in a botched bid to catch an insect. 



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The Cuban tree frog with an unnatural glow


The unlucky amphibian had been hunting in the back garden of wildlife photographer James Snyder when it made a bid for the snack. 

James, who lives in Palm Beach, Florida, had decorated his back yard with colourful lights after noticing that frogs had worked out lights attracted bugs. 

But one night he discovered that one of the little beasts had bitten off far more than it could chew. 

James, 29, said: 'A bug landed on the bulb and when the frog went for it he got a little bit extra. 


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US Air Force researched a Gay Bomb won Nobel Prize


The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.



US Air Force researched a Gay Bomb





In 1994 the Wright Laboratory in Ohio, a predecessor to today's United States Air Force Research Laboratory, produced a three-page proposal on a variety of possible nonlethal chemical weapons, which was later obtained by the Sunshine Project through a Freedom of Information Act request.


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There’s a bar in Ireland that was opened in 900AD


Sean's Bar is a Bar, Ireland. It claims to be the oldest pub in Ireland, dating back to 900AD



 bar in Ireland,900AD


During renovations in 1970, the walls of the bar were found to be made of wattle and wicker, dating back to the tenth century. According to Frommer'stravel guide, the bar holds records of every owner since 900 A.D.


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Swedish Artist painted a self-portrait instead of a photograph on his driving licence



  • Fredrik Säker a Swedish artist, painted his self-portrait, took a photograph of it and sent it to the local authorities when the time came to renew his driving licence.


  • The 29-year-old tricked staff at the Swedish Transport Agency when he sent in the photo of the painting and it was given the official seal of approval.



    Artist's impression: Fredrik Saker used this self-portrait when it was time for him to renew his driving licence
    Fredrik Säker a Swedish artist



    Final result: Mr Saker's driving licence which used a photograph of his self-portrait good enough to fool authorities
                                         Swedish Artist painted a self-portrait for license 


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    Putting dry tea bags in gym bags or smelly shoes will absorb the unpleasant odor


    In case those smell building up in the gym bags are less than ideal, throw some dry tea bags in running shoes or a smelly bag when not in use. The tea bags will help absorb the musky scents while imparting some of their own — more pleasant — aroma.

    Putting dry tea bags in smelly shoes


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    Kanzi the bonobo lighting a fire and cooking meal

    Amazing photos of Kanzi the bonobo lighting a fire and cooking a meal




    Kanzi the bonobo

    Kanzi the bonobo
    Kanzi the bonobo


    An old Congolese tribal legend tells that man and bonobo used to live side by side in the forests of the Congo - but went their separate ways after humans invented fire. Bonobos, the legends say, were able to make fire, but unlike the humans always put their fires out and moved on also,there is a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.


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    Honey can be preserved for thousand years or even more



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    Honey can be preserved

    Modern archeologists, excavating ancient Egyptian tombs pots of honey, thousands of years old or even more, and yet still preserved they have often found something unexpected amongst the tombs’ . Through millennia, the archeologists discover, the food remains unspoiled, an unmistakable testament to the eternal shelf-life of honey.



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    You can actually see your own white blood cells



    You can actually see your own white blood cells?
    wondering how am i right?
    You might have noticed that when you look up in the sky and you see some white dots falling or floating,yes thats your own white blood cells that you are actually seeing







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