Displaying a photograph of the Dalai Lama, praying for his long life, wearing an amulet with his image or having his voice chanting mantras on a mobile ring tone is a subversive criminal act in China.

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All humans are radioactive. Sleeping in the same bed with an average-size adult exposes you to about 5-10 millirems of radiation per hour @googlefactss #funfact

July was called Quinitilis until Julius Caesar died.

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When you get a sunburn, it is not your skin cells that are damaged by the sun and die; rather, it is your skin cells' DNA that is damaged by the sun and kills itself so that they do not become cancer.

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A Greek Philosopher and Vatican Library Keeper believed that the rings of Saturn were the foreskin of Jesus.

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Spacesbetweenwordsarearelativelyrecentdevelopmentinthehistoryofwrittenlanguage @googlefactss #funfact
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​​Dogs can understand as many as 250 words and gestures The average dog is as intelligent as a 2-year-old child @googlefactss #funfact #dogs

The space extending from your nose to the center of your lips is called the Philtrum. It serves no function in humans but allows other mammals to carry moisture from the mouth to the nose pad to keep it wet which traps odor particles better than a dry nose pad.

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One of the first attempts to develop a guidance system for bombs involved training a pigeon to peck at the image of a target on a screen inside the bomb. @googlefactss #funfact
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About 10.7% of the world's population goes to bed hungry every night @googlefactss #others

The mimic octopus can change into more than 15 different shapes, including snake, stingray, lionfish, and furry turkey.

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A snake-dancing singer in Indonesia was bitten by a cobra while onstage but soldiered on, performing for another 45 minutes before she died @googlefactss #others
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The TOR Network was created by the United States Naval Research Laboratory to protect American Intelligence communications. @googlefactss #funfact
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There is a positive correlation between vitamin D and testosterone levels in men. The more sunlight exposure a man gets the more likely it is that he has elevated testosterone levels.

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In 1962, Bruce lee landed 15 punches, a kick and knocked out his opponent in a fight that lasted only 11 seconds.

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The oldest dwarf, Winnie Kelly, died at 99 years old. She credited her long life to being single, childless, having good friends and good health, and reading six hours a day. @googlefactss #funfact for more..

If you tape two halves of a ping pong ball to your eyes, and stare at a red light while listening to the radio tuned to static, you can have complex and vivid hallucinations. This is called the Ganzfeld Procedure.

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