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Did you know that the human brain has the same consistency as warm butter?

You can go swimming in a pool of beer at the Schloss Starkenberger brewery in Tarrentz, Austria. The sudsy bath is said to promote healthy skin.

Ancient Egyptians believed that mashed mice could help ease the pain of a toothache or ear infection.

Yawning is not only contagious to humans, but dogs as well. “Catching” someone’s yawn may be tied to feelings of empathy, which suggests that dogs may be able to empathize with their human companions.

Most left-handed humans prefer to draw circles clockwise, and most right-handed people prefer to draw circles counterclockwise.

Bald eagles mate for life.Once a pair selects a nesting territory, they will typically return to that same area year after year. While they may find a new mate if one dies, they generally maintain the same pairing throughout their lives.

Penguins can drink salt water because they have a supraorbital gland, located near their eyes, which lets them filter the salt from the water.

Male tortoises like to fight each other, by actively attempting to flip their rivals onto their backs, if they lose, larger males may literally be left flat on their backs.

The world's "most inconvenient" convenience store hangs off a cliff in China's Hunan province. It's situated 120 meters above the ground and requires a 90 minute climb to reach.

Over a lifetime, a person produces enough saliva to fill two average-sized swimming pools, which is roughly 100,000 gallons(378,500 liters).