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Food
20 facts about beer
World’s third most popular beverage
Michelangelo
After a year of apprenticeship in a painter's studio, he moved to the studio of the sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni.
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Entertainment
15 facts about StarCraft
The computer game classic of the 1990s
Rice
Rice (Oryza) is a type of cereal in the Poaceae family.
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Animals
12 facts about capybaras
The world’s largest rodent and social media star
Homer
Homer probably lived in the eighth century BC.
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Geography
20 facts about Amazon River
Its basin covers nearly half of South America
Singapore
Singapore is home to over 350 species of butterflies.
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Food
13 facts about churro
A dessert worth the sin
Biography
18 facts about Roland Garros
French pioneer of aviation who played tennis only a few times in his life
Spinosaurus
It is not yet determined whether Spinosaurus had bipedal or quadruped posture.
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Countries
24 facts about Sri Lanka
The “Land of Smiles”
Cities
27 facts about Rome
The Eternal City hides many fascinating secrets
Croatia
In ancient times, the area of what is now Croatia area was inhabited by Illyrian tribes.
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Plants
21 facts about Stinging nettle
An underrated source of health
Mount Etna
In the 1970s, smoke circles (a vortex ring formed by smoke in a clear atmosphere) appeared on Etna.
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Animals
14 facts about dik-dik
Hare-sized antelope
Ojos del Salado
It is the highest volcano in the world, the second highest peak in the Andes, and the highest peak in Chile.
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Culture
14 facts about Swan Lake
One of the world’s most famous ballet performances
Biography
23 facts about Kate Middleton
Catherine, Princess of Wales
Mushrooms
All fungi are foreign organisms, they can only occur in habitats containing organic compounds.
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Architecture
18 facts about Forbidden City
Largest Palace in the World
Biography
23 facts about Charles III
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the Windsor dynasty
Basking shark
Despite their enormous size, basking sharks are not a threat to humans.
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Plants
20 facts about carob
Ceratonia siliqua - a substitute for cocoa
Biography
32 facts about Robert Oppenheimer
Father of the Atomic Bomb
Strawberry
The first strawberries were bred in France in the 1850s. They were created by crossing two species of wild strawberries.
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Culture
18 facts about Orsay Museum
France's second most visited museum after the Louvre
Aurora
The phenomenon of the aurora borealis is the reason for increased tourism in the areas where it occurs.
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Culture
21 facts about ballet
History of the art of ballet through the ages
Technology
14 facts about steel
Just a bit of carbon changes everything
Animals
19 facts about Sea otter
Animals nearly extinct due to fur trade
Cheddar
As it matures, its flavor becomes more pronounced.
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Animals
18 facts about Alpaca
Highly intelligent, swift learning and gentle animals
Orsay Museum
The station served as the last station of the southeastern railroad for 39 years, until 1939.
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Animals
24 facts about Coyote
North America's loudest wild mammal
Geography
25 facts about Galapagos Islands
Islands of the tortoises
Amber

A trade route between the North Sea, the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, was called an Amber Road.

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Culture
21 facts about The Scream by Edvard Munch
A symbol of anxiety about the human condition
Caspian Sea
It is a remnant of the Paratethys Sea of the Tethys Ocean, dating back to Mesozoic, and early Cenozoic Eras.
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Biography
22 facts about Hypatia
Prominent scholar murdered by an angry Christian mob
Mohenjo-daro
The first excavations were carried out only in the 1920s by the English archaeologist, John Marshall.
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History
25 facts about Troy
A forgotten ancient city returned to history from mythology
Housefly
Fly larvae are called maggots.
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Biography
17 facts about Homer
Blind wanderer, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Hagia Sophia
In 558, the dome collapsed in an earthquake.
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