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We make personalized books packed full of curious facts about the year and day someone was born. In that fashion, we love learning curious facts about the world and the people/animals that live (and have lived) in it.
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Editor’s note: One incorrect fact was removed from the list and two were clarified with additional information.
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Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
They benefit from high altitude, a culture which values good runners and an unusually high percentage of their muscle mass is posture muscle (endurance) rather than twitch (strength). Funnily on the west coast of Africa (the ultimate origin of many Jamaicans) the twitch/posture ratio is reversed, which makes for very good sprinters and other sports requiring explosive power.
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Felix Feline 6 years ago
Australia's diameter is 600km wider than the moon's. The moon sits at 3400km in diameter, while Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 4000km.
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Lenka Smetanová 6 years ago
I once saw a document about sloths. One of them fell in the water, where an aligator was. But He manage to swim away *mindblow*!!!!
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Sanne H. 6 years ago
It has to do with the way all animals in the world are classified in sets and subsets. Tigers, leopards and lions are different species, but they belong to the same genus "panthera". The mouflon, the snow sheep and the domestic sheep are different species, but they all belong to the same genus "ovis". The West African giraffe, the Masai giraffe and a couple of other species all belong to the same genus "giraffe".
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Jon Wong 6 years ago
this sounds dumb but i have to know...are there different species in human
Podunkus 6 years ago
Different extinct species of hominids, like the Neanderthal, but “Homo sapiens” is the single human species.
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Ahmad Pujianto 6 years ago
Southern giraffe ( Giraffa giraffa ), the Masai giraffe ( G. tippelskirchi ), the reticulated giraffe ( G. reticulata ), and the northern giraffe ( G. camelopardalis). But, wait.. Aren't all species have sub species too??
Mieke Sorée 6 years ago
Is it the same with different types of elephants, or is that different?
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
I’m guessing it’s the same since African elephants have larger ears than Asian elephants.
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Lauren Caswell 6 years ago
Like how zebras are closer to giraffes then they are horses, I guess?
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Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago
If Prince the artist had been made a prince in a tribe, would his title then be “Prince Prince”?
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Violeta D. 6 years ago (edited)
Thank you for your feedback - we take fact checking very seriously but due to the amount of user submissions, we cannot guarantee they're error-free. This post was created by a community member “the book of everyone” and it seems they got a couple of things wrong. One incorrect fact was removed from the list and another was clarified with additional information. If you notice anything more, let us know - we will update the post.
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Violeta D. 6 years ago
Thank you for your feedback - we take fact checking very seriously but due to the amount of user submissions, we cannot guarantee they're error-free. This post was created by a community member “the book of everyone” and it seems they got a couple of things wrong. One incorrect fact was removed from the list and another was clarified with additional information. If you notice anything more, let us know - we will update the post.
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Lauren Caswell 6 years ago
Oh I think the Roman days one is gone. Or maybe I didn't look properly lol now I'm gna check again :D
Beth Snyder 6 years ago
In other words, unlike modern times where one day is 24 hours, a winter day would require fewer hours from beginning to end than a summer day. This is because a day started at dawn and ended at dusk
Violeta D. 6 years ago (edited)
Thank you for your feedback - we take fact checking very seriously but due to the amount of user submissions, we cannot guarantee they're error-free. This post was created by a community member “the book of everyone” and it seems they got a couple of things wrong. One incorrect fact was removed from the list and another was clarified with additional information. If you notice anything more, let us know - we will update the post.
Load More Replies... Violeta D. 6 years ago
Thank you for your feedback - we take fact checking very seriously but due to the amount of user submissions, we cannot guarantee they're error-free. This post was created by a community member “the book of everyone” and it seems they got a couple of things wrong. One incorrect fact was removed from the list and another was clarified with additional information. If you notice anything more, let us know - we will update the post.
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 6 years ago
Oh I think the Roman days one is gone. Or maybe I didn't look properly lol now I'm gna check again :D
Beth Snyder 6 years ago
In other words, unlike modern times where one day is 24 hours, a winter day would require fewer hours from beginning to end than a summer day. This is because a day started at dawn and ended at dusk
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