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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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A woman is born with all the eggs she’ll ever have — so when she gives birth to a daughter, she’s also (in a sense) giving birth to her future grandchildren.

On average, people pour up to 12% more white wine into their glasses than red - the lighter colour tricks us into misjudging volume.

Elephants, cows, goats and dogs all follow the 'law of urination' - they take about 21 seconds to empty their bladders.

A recent study found that women judge romantic partners more by kind actions than kind words. Small gestures of thoughtfulness often outweigh verbal promises when it comes to relationships.

In online games, about 60% of female characters encountered are actually played by men. This highlights the surprising gender dynamics that exist in virtual gaming worlds.

Hackers once breached a casino’s high-roller database through an unlikely entry point — the IoT thermostat inside its fish tank. The connected device was exploited, giving attackers access to sensitive data.

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