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The earth is almost five billion years old but, life has existed only for the last 150 million to 200 million years. These 27 historical facts are almost too weird to be real. The ultimate book of surprising strange and incredibly bizarre facts about supposedly ordinary things palmer, alex on. Here are some of the world war ii mysteries and hard to believe facts that are not widely known. She is also the director of travel agent initiatives and. It is the fundamental connection between people and the planet. Surprising, and always entertaining, mind blown offers even more of matthews unique take on this hilarious, crazy world. We often like to gloss over the more weird aspects of life, however, there are some creepy facts that we just need to face. Hopefully, though, you are not a part of some of these percents or statistics. If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen. And over in nicaragua, youll find one of the only two. Tears caused by sadness, happiness and onions look different under the microscope.
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