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![Spiders eat their own webs and recycle them for later use.]()
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![William Whipple freed his slaves when he signed the Declaration of Independence - He felt he couldn't fight for freedom and own slaves.]()
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A variety of 'neutral' sweet smells, including banana, green apple, vanilla, and peppermint can deprogram overweight people whose normal response to the smell of rich, unhealthy foods like chocolate, doughnuts and pizza was to become hungry and overeat.
Scientists tested the benefits of food odors to suppress appetite rather than stimulate appetite, and found that there seemed to be certain smells that caused overweight individuals to reduce their cravings, and therefore eat less. -
![There's a house in Nevada which is an exact replica of `The Simpsons` house.]()
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Uruguay has become the world's first country to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana. -
When Mary Queen of Scots went to France as a young girl Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scots game 'golf'.
He had the first course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment. To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her. Mary liked this a lot and when returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run) she took the practice with her. In French, the word cadet is pronounced 'ca-day' and the Scots changed it into caddie. -
In France, where tennis became popular, the round zero on the score board looked like an egg and was called 'l'oeuf,' which is French for "the egg". When tennis was introduced in the US Americans (mis)pronounced it 'love'. -
![New Google employees are called 'nooglers' and are given a propeller beanie hat to wear on their first Friday.]()
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![`Dr Awkward` spelled backwards is `Dr Awkward` only.]()
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