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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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Studies show English speakers start feeling uncomfortable after a 4-second pause in conversation, while Japanese speakers are at ease with silences lasting up to 8 seconds.

75% of all aluminium ever produced is still in use today, thanks to its ability to be recycled indefinitely without losing quality.

Most wild figs contain the digested remains of a wasp, an essential partner in their pollination. While the fig’s enzymes usually break the wasp down completely, partial remains can occasionally be found.

Sharks are boneless. Their skeletons are made of lightweight cartilage, which rarely fossilizes, so museum displays usually feature only their preserved jaws and teeth.

Joseph Guillotin, namesake of the guillotine, opposed capital punishment but promoted the device as a more humane alternative to the brutal execution methods of his time when abolition proved impossible.

A 2008 study found that the more bumper stickers a car has, the more likely its driver is to exhibit road rage - stickers serve as a marker of territoriality, which correlates with higher aggression.

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