Tony Wright, from Cornwall in the UK, attempted to set a new world record in 2007. And he was awake for 266 hours straight. He thought he set the record, as his long period of sleeplessness, beating 264 hours awake. This record was held by teenager Randy Gardner in 1964. But his time was broken …
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Did you know there as a place with the oldest ancient water? Because there is, and it’s in Canada. For comparison, it’s estimated that deep Pacific water is about 1,000 years old. This is the same time it takes for deep ocean water to make it’s way around the world. In 2018, mine researchers happened …
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National Almond Day is February 16th, so here’s a bunch of almond fun facts to help kick off this day! Cultivating almonds first happened on land that ran along the Mediterranean Sea, about 4000 B.C. In 2003, a health claim by the FDA stated a serving of 1.5 ounces of almonds every day reduces the …
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An expensive, fancy ride has stood as a sign of masculinity for ages. But it’s just as common to hear somebody snicker when a guy climbs out of a big sports car. Is he compensating for something? Well… Yes. Yes, he is. At least, that’s what a new study suggests. A group of psychologists decided …
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It’s been a bit rainy in Australia recently. So much so, in fact, that some areas of the country are seeing “once in a century” floods. The rushing waters have caused plenty of damage to both infrastructure and people. But there’s also another unpleasant side effect. They’re leaving huge hordes of fish dead and rotting …
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These weird units of measure are really only weird for those who don’t use them regularly. But whether you’re a cook or a seamstress, these weird units of measure are common but funny. Bushel A bushel measurement size changes depending on the food stuff placed into it. Specifically, from things that we grow in the …
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Here at Oddee, we’re in the business of bringing you the rarest and most unusual stories. And you can’t get much rarer or more unusual than something that happens once every 50,000 years. And soon it will never happen again. C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is coming. This exceedingly rare comet has entered our solar system and …
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The holiday season is over and it’s time to put away your Christmas lights. No, trust us, it’s time, just do it. “But it’s so annoying. The lights always get tangled in the box and it takes half a box to untangle them,” you say. “It’s so much easier to just leave them up.” We …
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Today, storytelling is a finely developed art form. We have so many ways to tell stories, from novels to movies, comic books, poetry… You name it. But all those ways to tell stories didn’t just suddenly pop up. They all had to start somewhere — and we now have a better idea of where. Archeologists …
Your intestines are full of much more than just fecal matter. The human gut is a world of its own, full of beneficial microbes, microorganisms, and other tiny things. And these microscopic fellows are vital to your well-being. If the delicate microbiome in your tubes goes off-balance, you’ll face any number of possibly debilitating or …
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