When Friday night rolls around, many people like to welcome the weekend with a stiff drink, a joint, or something else. But getting buzzed off of psychoactive substances isn’t a human-only trait by any means. Animals, too, have been observed getting drunk or high by consuming various plants or other critters. Whether they do it …
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Animals can develop all kinds of behavioral problems when stuck in a zoo. They may get depressed, aggressive, or overly clingy, among other things. One zoo in the U.K. is struggling with a unique problem, however. Its African gray parrots just won’t stop swearing. Lincolnshire Wildlife Park has been trying to deal with its cussing …
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If nothing else, these Super Bowl fun facts will give you something to talk about! Which Super bowl stats are your favorite? The Super Bowl has been around since 1967 and has been played each year since. 17.8 million Americans plan to watch the game at a bar or restaurant. When it comes to food, …
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A great name can do a lot for making your products successful. In the ideal scenario, your brand could even become the product’s common name — think about Kleenex, Q-Tips, or Hoover, which they call vacuum cleaners in England. Not every product can have such a catchy name, though. In fact, sometimes you find things …
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What do you know about your cat? There are so many things to learn about them! A house cat’s genome is 95.6% tiger, meaning they share many traits like scent marking by scratching, prey play, prey stalking, pouncing, chinning, and urine marking. Cats are known to be the only mammals who don’t taste sweetness. Cats are …
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Here are even more bizarre Oreo flavors that you should try because, well. Why not? Firework Early in the spring of 2017, Oreo unveiled the Firework cookie. The vanilla creme in this cookie is speckled with blue and red popping candy, kind of like Oreo’s version of Pop Rocks. One writer said that “Oreos are …
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Whether they’re fetching sticks or doing a little dance for treats, all dogs are good girls and boys. Occasionally, however, our canine friends get up to much greater heroics. But even among distinguished dogs, Kobe the Husky recently did a solid for many people. The sharp-nosed dog quite possibly saved his Philadelphia neighborhood from going …
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Here are more weird Japan things and did you catch the first article? So many things are so different in Japan compared to the United States? Blowing Your Nose The people of Japan will usually sniffle until they can find a place to privately and discreetly blow their nose as it’s considered disgusting. Don’t use …
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary… Thus begins “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the founding fathers of gothic horror. Today, January 19, marks the 215th anniversary of Poe’s birth. He achieved widespread fame already in his lifetime and today continues to be one of the most popular …
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The weirdest things about Japan are pretty different from here in the US. Did you know about these Japan-specific things? Security Assistants On The Platform In The Morning Mornings in the major cities become somewhat of a battlefield when it comes to catching the train. It seems impossible to get in bit an assistant will …
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