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Across a full human pregnancy, the extra energy cost to create a baby is estimated at around 50,000 calories - roughly 300 extra calories a day.

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When you eat crab, lobster, or prawns, you’re essentially eating the cockroaches and scorpions of the sea: all belong to the arthropod phylum.

Your brain favours one of your eyes as your ‘dominant eye.’ It usually matches your dominant hand — but not always.

Humans can’t truly feel wetness — we lack hydrodynamic receptors. The brain fakes it using cues like temperature, pressure, and hair movement.

Around 2% of U.S. exports are blood and blood-related products — about $37 billion a year, making it the nation’s ninth-largest export

A Rubik’s Cube has over 43 quintillion combinations — but none take more than 20 moves to solve.

A study of ~5,800 children found they slept about 5 minutes less on nights with a full moon.

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