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February 12, 2024

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HO Trypophobia Tr=3,14 3 CRACKED.COM Are patterns of holes oddly terrifying? This seems to 2 be an evolved revulsion against skin markings of poisonous animals. Of course, it doesn't help if you've seen that in one viral fake pic of maggot holes someone's breasts... — Source

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Biting + Pineapple M 3,14 3 milk with coffee CRACKED.COM The reason your tongue feels sorey after eating pineapple is the fruit contains an enzyme called bromelain that breaks down proteins. While you're eating pineapple, pineapple is ح digesting you. — Source

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Shoelaces M 3,14 3 CRACKED.COM If your shoes keep unlacing, it's IV because laces 2 face 7g's of force as you walk, pulling knots apart. A different knot, where laces cross in the same direction instead of against My each other, lasts longer. — Source

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HO Weekend Rain Fr3314 3 1 2 5 JI 58 17 2N 9 13 I 1 16 17 20 28 24 25 / 28 27 25 CRACKED.COM Does it feel like it rains extra on IV weekends, right when you're free? It's not your imagination. The week's car pollution accumulates, seeding clouds 04د and leading to wet Saturdays. mg — Source

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HO Paper Cuts T = 3,14 3 CRACKED.COM Slice yourself in the kitchen, and you might not notice till you see the blood. Paper cuts, which damage less, hurt more. That's because paper slashes less cleanly and targets yours skin's surface, the most sensitive part. — Source

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Flies P Fr3314 3 CRACKED.COM Yeah, flies are good at getting away from you. That's M because flies perceive about four times more flashes of their surroundings per second than you-it's like they're watching the whole world mg in slow motion. — Source

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Coffee Fr3314 3 CRACKED.COM Do you always need to poop right after drinking coffee? It's not the caffeine rush. Coffee stimulates your distal colon. We're not totally sure why, but it may 19-04 be the chlorogenic acid, as well as ingredients that speed digestion. — Source

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Your Ugly Photos Tr=3,14 3 GRAGKED.COM If you think 2 you look worse than Iv everyone else in a photo, that's because you look so different from the image you're more used to-your reflection. Look at more photos and ma304 less mirrors, and you'll like pics more. — Source

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People Talking On Y Phones 3 Z 2 CRAGKED.COM Iv Hearing them is so distracting because you hear only one half of the conversation (a halfologue), so you mentally try to fill in the gaps. When two people 504 talk, it's much easier to tune the conversation out. — Source

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Cats And Dead Mice M 3,14 3 GRAGKED.COM Cats keep bringing you dead animals because they're trying to teach you to hunt. They instinctively teach their kids, and without kittens (the behavior is most common in spayed cats), you're their family. — Source

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Buttered HO Toast Fr3314 3 2 GRACKED.COM A slice of bread always seems to fall spread-side-down. That's because the average table's height means bread makes half a rotation before hitting the ground. 9-04 Were tables 10 feet tall, slices would land spread-side-up. — Source

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Itching 3,14 3 CRACKED.COM Itching's a pointless annoyance TV while after - the bug has bitten you. Harmful, even. But as a response to a bug possibly crawling on you, it's useful, mo7504 making you instinctively touch the area, brushing the bug off. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Twins can have different fathers. On rare occasions, two eggs are released during the same ovulation cycle, which can be fertilized by different fathers. This is extremely unusual in humans, but it has been known to happen. — Source

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A planet exists made of burning ice. Gliese 436 b, about 30 light-years from us, is made mostly of ice that would burn you to a crisp if you touched it. The strong gravity keeps water so tightly packed that it remains solid, even at a temperature of almost 1,000 degrees. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Polar bears are nearly invisible to infrared cameras. The bear's fur is so good at keeping the bear warm, that almost no heat escapes that can be picked up by infrared sensors. Invisibility cloaks are being researched that copy how the bear's hairs work. GRACKED COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM Tea can climb back to the kettle as you brew it. Tiny tea particles can climb short distances from the cup to the kettle. Researchers have found that small waterfalls create counter-flows strong enough for water to go upwards. — Source

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IO, a moon of Jupiter, has tides of rock. lo has no oceans-but that doesn't mean it has no tides. The gravity of Jupiter and the other moons causes the ground to move up and down the height of a 30-story building. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM chitons have teeth made of metal. Chitons, that are found in the Gulf of Mexico, are the Wolverine of mollusks. Their teeth are made of a metal called magnetite. No other living organism can make any material that tough. — Source

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The barreleye can look through its own head. The top of this deep-water fish's head is see-through. The fish can rotate its eyes and look at the world through it. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM whiptail lizards are all female. Aspidoscelis, a genus of New Mexico lizards, has no males. They reproduce through natural cloning. Their organisms have mechanisms in place to preserve genetic diversity. — Source

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Lobsters don't age. While not exactly immortal, lobsters don't become weaker or stop breeding with age. They just keep growing bigger and bigger, until they're too big for their own good. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM A small Australian mammal dies from terminal horniness. The antechinus breeds only once in its lifetime. For a couple weeks, the male goes into such a schtupping frenzy with every female he finds that it destroys his body, killing him. — Source

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some birds password- protect their children. + * Brown-headed cowbirds have their chicks raised by different species of birds than their own. Adult cowbirds use a special vocalization that unlocks the chicks' ability to learn, so no one but them can teach their offspring to sing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Each arm of an octopus has its own brain. Octopuses have more nerve cells in their arms than in their heads. Each arm can move, touch, and taste by itself, with no input from the central brain. CRACKED.COM — Source

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crocodiles are more closely related to birds than to lizards. Crocodiles, alligators, and birds are the last surviving archosaurs (a group that included dinosaurs). Their common ancestor lived 240 million years ago. CRACKED.COM — Source

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There are way more trees on Earth than stars in the galaxy. A 2015 survey found that three trillion trees grow on Earth, 7 times the previous estimate. About 15 billion are chopped down every year. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hailstones in Jupiter and saturn are diamonds. Thunderstorms turn atmospheric methane into pure carbon soot. As the soot falls and the pressure increases, it gets compressed into diamonds as big as one centimeter across. CRACKED COM — Source

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