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The UN’s food agency has estimated that eating insects is practised regularly by at least 2 billion people worldwide.

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Memory foam was originally developed by NASA in the 1960s to improve seat cushioning and crash protection for astronauts.

When a container of mixed nuts is shaken, the largest nuts tend to rise to the top instead of sinking. The effect, called granular convection, defies everyday logic in that heavier objects should sink.

Forms of plastic surgery were practiced as early as 1600 BCE, particularly in ancient India, where surgeons reconstructed noses using skin grafts.

The £ symbol is a stylised “L,” taken from libra, the Roman unit for a pound of silver — which is where the currency’s name comes from.

The “achoo” sound when we sneeze isn’t a biological reflex — it’s learned. People born deaf usually don’t vocalise sneezes, and sneeze sounds vary widely by culture.

Christmas falls on December 25 not because of Jesus’ birth date, but due to its alignment with earlier Roman festivals celebrating the sun god.

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