1.
Lions cuddle to build and maintain relationships
with one another.
2. A
study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found that, while
men were attracted to nice-seeming women upon meeting them, women did not feel
the same way about nice men.
3. In
1956, a scientist imported African honeybees to South America. Some of them
escaped and bred with European honeybees in the wild, giving rise to a hybrid
species: killer bees.
4. Only
about 4% of people seeking treatment for spider bites actually have confirmed
spider bites, a U.S. study found.
5. The
temperatures near the site of the bomb blast during the Hiroshima explosion
were estimated to be 300,000°Celsius (540,000°Fahrenheit). That's 300 times
hotter than the temperature bodies are cremated at.
6. Roman
emperor Hadrian, in 117 AD, declared attempted suicide by soldiers a form of
desertion and made it a capital offense.
7. Temperatures
in the Namib Desert can reach as high as 60°C during the day and below 0°C at
night.
8.
There are more stars in the universe than words
ever uttered by all the humans who ever lived.
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