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  • Your spit contains a painkiller that can be 6 times more powerful than morphine.

    Saliva from humans has yielded a natural painkiller up to six times more powerful than morphine, researchers say. The substance, dubbed opiorphin, may spawn a new generation of natural painkillers that relieve pain as well as morphine but without the addictive and psychological side effects of the traditional drug. When the researchers injected a pain-inducing ...

    Posted: May 4th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Japan’s ‘Geminoid F’ is most convincing ‘robot woman’ ever – she has 65 facial expressions, talks and even sings.

    It may only be a matter of months before boy bands and teen actresses are replaced by robots – after a talking, singing fem-bot with 65 facial expressions wowed crowds in China. Geminoid F can produce smiles and even enigmatic, quizzical expressions, using mechanical actuators underneath her rubber ‘skin’. Her creator says his goal is ...

    Posted: April 17th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Time is slightly faster 12 inches above the ground as opposed to at the ground (Video).

    This means that your feet are slightly younger than your head.

    Posted: April 6th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • 13 fun facts you probably didn’t know

    Source The Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning History’s Barest Family. Source Source Source Source Source Source This is because the gene that regulates anti-freeze production was taken from the Arctic Flounder fish and introduced to the plant. Source Source Source Source Source  

    Posted: April 4th, 2012 ˑ  2 Comments
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  • Candy Canes were initially created to get kids to shut-up in Church.

    The candy canes that have become such an important part of Christmas celebrations were initially invented to stop children from making noise in church during the Living Crèche tradition of Christmas Eve. In 1670, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral, Germany asked a local candy maker to make some sweet sticks for the kids to distract ...

    Posted: March 29th, 2012 ˑ  1 Comment
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  • Gwyneth Paltrow saved an employee at World Trade Center from the 9/11 attack.

    Lara Lundstrom Clarke was just a New York resident rollerblading along the Hudson river that morning. Paltrow on her way back from an early Yoga class drove near her in her silver Mercedes SUV. In the midst of confusion of who-goes-first situation, Clarke looked over at the driver and saw it was Gwyneth. They smiled ...

    Posted: March 29th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Mr. Bean is an electrical engineer!

    Rowan Atkinson, who portrays the character of the world famous Mr. Bean has a masters degree in Electrical Engineering. An undergraduate from Newcastle University, Mr.Bean pursued his masters in EE from Oxford in the year of 1975.  Thanks to this role and many others he got on the modus operandi of Mr.Bean, his net worth ...

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • A 1941 fruitcake sold for $525 in Ohio

    An Arizona man bought a fruitcake from an online auction hosted by an Ohio company for $525. This money is being generously donated to the welfare of the homeless in southwest Ohio. The man, who purchased this cake from Elite Estate Group chooses to remain anonymous. The owner of the company believes that the buyer’s ...

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • She got a plastic surgery, with cement in her butts!

    In Picture: Oneal Ron Morris A woman became victim to a make-do doctor when she went on a search to find a plastic surgeon, cheap on price, with the intention to make her body curvier. The victim wanted a curvier body in order to be eligible to work at a nightclub. What is bizarre is ...

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Ivan Drago of Rocky IV has an IQ of 160

    Dolph Lundgren A.K.A Ivan Drago proves the statement true that a book can’t be judged by its cover. Given his athletic vibes, its only safe to assume him to be a fun guy to hang out with, who would beat you at sports. But what one could never imagine was that he has an IQ ...

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  3 Comments
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  • The founder of FedEx saved the company by gambling in Vegas.

    The founder and current CEO of FedEx, Frederick W. Smith took his personal fortune of $4 million and generated an additional $90 million in venture capital to start this company. Unfortunately, three years after its incorporation, Federal Express reached the brink of bankruptcy, owing to the rapidly rising fuel costs. It soon began to lose ...

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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  • Lotito- the master of eating indigestible!

    Michel Lotito, also known as Monsieur Mangetout (“Mister Eat All The Things”), was a French man who was famous for consuming all sorts of indigestible things. During his lifetime of 57 years, his performances included consumption of metal, glass and rubber from items such as bicycles, chandeliers, televisions, etc.  He once swallowed an aircraft that took him approximately two ...

    Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ  No Comments
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