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In Mesopotamia (Ancient Iraq), early evidence of beer is in a 3900-year-old Sumerian poem honoring Ninkasi.
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New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind.
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The average person has about 3 to 5 dreams per night, but some may have up to 7 dreams in one night.
The one-cent coin was made legal tender by the Coinage Act of 1864.
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The pharaoh Sneferu built the largest pyramid for his son, Khufu, in 2540 B.C.
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Octopus ink is melanin, which is the same chemical that gives humans their hair and skin color.
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"Uncle Sam" is Samuel Wilson, a man from New York who supplied barrels of beef to the Army during the War of 1812.
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Your "funny bone" isn't a bone at all. It's actually the ulnar nerve, which runs down the inside part of your elbow.
Kangaroos just keep growing and growing until they die.
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The King Cobra is the only snake in the world that builds a nest. askbrilliant.com
The average person with the average stride living until 80 will walk a distance of around 110,000 miles. askbrilliant.com
DNA has a half-life of approximately 521 years, meaning that it would be useless after about 1 million years. askbrilliant.com
On March 30, 1867, the US reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. askbrilliant.com
It took Apollo 11 more than four days to get to the moon. askbrilliant.com
In one 1998 survey, 54.4 percent of Icelanders said they believed in the existence of elves.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the only president to have served more than two terms. #Brilliant #Research askbrilliant.com
For an observer (5 ft 7 in) standing on the ground, the horizon is 2.9 miles away. #Research #Brilliant askbrilliant.com
The liver is the only human internal organ capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue. #Research #Brilliant askbrilliant.com
When Rome was still under the control of the Papal States, Turin was declared the first capital of Italy. #Research askbrilliant.com
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