sperm that produces male children moves faster than sperm that produces female children , but does not live as long.
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admiral pearry , who claimed to be the first man to reach the north pole (but that's debatable) , took six inuit children back to the united states . four of them died of tuberculosis almost immediately .
one of the surviving children was raised by an american couple , and later discovered that his real father's bones were on display in the natural history museum in new york . he complained , but pearry did nothing - although he did give the boy enough money to return home .
his father's bones were not returned until 1993
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Jim Jones - leader of a religious cult known as the Peoples Temple - killed himself after watching more than 900 of his followers die from the ingestion of Kool-Ade laced with cyanide.
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The secret ballot was first used in Victoria and South Australia following the granting of responsible government.
Other states introduced secret ballots as follows: 1856 - Victoria & South Australia 1858 - New South Wales & Tasmania 1859 - Queensland 1893 - Western Australia.
The secret ballot was referred to as 'kangaroo voting'.
World wide, secret voting is often referred to as the 'Australian ballot.
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Groundhog Day Factoid Celestially speaking, Groundhog Day is a "cross-quarter" day, about halfway between the winter solstice in December and the vernal equinox in March, and is celebrated in some cultures as the midpoint of winter.
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The original story from Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights begins, Aladdin was a little Chinese boy.
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Even though the brain processes pain signals, the brain itself does not actually feel pain.
Then why the hell do I get headaches???
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Gay marriage was legally recognized in Rome, and Nero himself married at least two gay couples.
Good point.
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The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.
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