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Some characters that were first introduced as fully fleshed-out characters become subsequently used as stock characters in other works – for example, the Ebenezer Scrooge character from A Christmas Carol, upon whom the "miser" stereotype is based, and whose name now has become a shorthand for it..

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The title can be translated as "The Swaggering Soldier" or "Vainglorious Soldier"..

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As a result of being focused on shamanism the series' cast is divided between humans and spirits, the latter not being able to go the afterlife due to their alliance with the former..

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There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee`s head and 2 larger ones in front..

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Many animals intentionally consume psychoactive substances, and some traditional legends suggest animals first introduced humans to their use..

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Approximately 24 cat skins can make a coat..

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Along with pleasure and bonding, sexual activity can cause sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which can be prevented by safe sex practices..

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There are approximately 100 breeds of cat..

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When dogs have been doing a lot of exercise, they pant.

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A female cat is called a queen or a molly..

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Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants..

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It can be taken for both acute pain and chronic pain and is frequently used for pain from myocardial infarction, kidney stones, and during labor.

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A cat cannot see directly under its nose..

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The earliest records of meditation (dhyana) are found in the Upanishads, and meditation plays a salient role in the contemplative repertoire of Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism..

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02–micrometers; to huge cetaceans like the blue whale, which can reach 33 m (108 ft) in length..

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It set new standards in ride quality, handling, and braking, thanks to being the first mass production car equipped with both hydropneumatic suspension as well as disc brakes.

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6 in) bumblebee bat to the 30 metres (98 ft) blue whale—possibly the largest animal to have ever lived..

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Presently, since articles about cold fusion are rarely published in peer-reviewed mainstream scientific journals, they do not attract the level of scrutiny expected for mainstream scientific publications..

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Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

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The European nightjar does not build a nest, and its two grey and brown blotched eggs are laid directly on the ground; they hatch after about 17–21 days and the downy chicks fledge in another 16–17 days..

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Cats have the largest eyes of any mammal..

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In Stockholm, Sweden you dial 90000.

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A number of animals are capable of aerial locomotion, either by active flight, passive gliding or, in rare occasions, ballooning, also known as kiting..

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70% of your cat's life is spent asleep..

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Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do..

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Chow Chows are born with pink tongues, which turn blue-black at 8 to 10 weeks..

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A tiger's stripes are like fingerprints.

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An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain..

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, written in 1818, is often credited as the first true science fiction novel..

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Humans have kept dogs as pets for over 12,000 years..

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Cats can be right-pawed or left-pawed.. Inverse Correlation Between Right-Paw Use and Body Weight in Right-Pawed Male Cats and Left-Pawed Female Cats

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Emus and kangaroos can't walk backwards..

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The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species..

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Strange Interlude opened on Broadway on January 30, 1928, with Lynn Fontanne in the central role of Nina Leeds..

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Cattle mutilation is the killing and mutilation of cattle under supposedly unusual, usually bloodless circumstances..

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He has been selected for the All-Star roster a record 22-times; for the All-NBA Team 21 times, including for the First Team a record 13 times; and for the All-Defensive Team six times..

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The Brachyura are the largest of the crab decapod groups with carcinised body forms..

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Albinism can reduce the survivability of an animal; for example, it has been suggested that albino alligators have an average survival span of only 24 years due to the lack of protection from UV radiation and their lack of camouflage to avoid predators..

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More than 100 known species of newts are found in North America, Europe, North Africa and Asia..

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The term may be more strictly applied only to nodes adjacent to the root, or more loosely applied to nodes regarded as being close to the root..

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State birds are more common, with all 50 states naming one, and they were adopted earlier, with the first one selected in 1927..

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Paul Wignall and Michael Benton defined Lazarus taxa as, "At times of biotic crisis many taxa go extinct, but others only temporarily disappeared from the fossil record, often for intervals measured in millions of years, before reappearing unchanged"..

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Amniota is defined as the smallest crown clade (the group including all descendants of the last common ancestor) containing humans, the Greek tortoise, and the Nile crocodile..

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This is thought to be the first case of tuatara successfully breeding in the wild on New Zealand's North Island in over 200 years..

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A dog's nose print is unique, just like a human's fingerprint..

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Teams of dogs compete for the fastest time without errors in Flyball races..

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Dogs can get jealous when their humans display affection toward someone or something else..

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The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers..

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Dogs have a unique way of showing affection, called a "butt wag," where they wag their tail and wiggle their rear end..

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The most popular breed of domestic dog in the US and the UK is the Labrador Retriever..

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Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his first presidential term, an average of 21 per day..

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The Mayans and Aztecs symbolized every tenth day with the dog, and those born under this sign were believed to have outstanding leadership skills..

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In cosmology and philosophy of science, the anthropic principle (also known as the observation selection effect) is the proposition that the range of possible observations made about a universe is limited by the fact that observations can only be made if that universe is capable of developing observers in the first place..

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You share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world..

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80% of burglaries are committed by people aged 13-21..

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The couple settled in North Bennington, Vermont, in 1945, after the birth of their first child, when Hyman joined the faculty of Bennington College..

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It has been estimated that humans use only 10% of their brain..

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As Disney's Cruella De Vil was aware, Dalmatian puppies are born pure white and develop spots as they grow older..

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Dogs can see best at dawn and dusk..

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Puppies’ eyes do not fully open until they’re about 12 days old..

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This dog, Naki'o, lost all of his legs to frostbite in Colorado, but now has four prosthetic legs and can run around like normal..

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If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there`s no air pressure..

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According to the DSM-5-TR, early childhood trauma, typically starting before 5–6 years of age, places someone at risk of developing dissociative identity disorder..

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.

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The animals of New Zealand, part of its biota, have an unusual history because, before the arrival of humans less than 900 years ago, the country was mostly free of mammals, except those that could swim there (seals, sea lions, and, off-shore, whales and dolphins) or fly there (bats)..

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40% of all people who come to a party in your home snoop in your medicine cabinet.

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Bingo is the name of the dog on the box of Cracker Jacks..

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A Russian dog named Laika was the first animal in space, traveling around Earth in 1957..

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The World Canine Organization recognizes 339 breeds of dogs..

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They can occur in all tissues of higher plants, including leaves, stems, roots, flowers, and fruits..

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200 BCE to 500 CE), when the Epics and the first Purānas were composed..

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At neutral pH, miraculin binds and blocks the receptors, but at low pH (resulting from ingestion of sour foods) miraculin binds proteins and becomes able to activate the sweet receptors, resulting in the perception of sweet taste..

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When the first thorough examination of Opabinia in 1975 revealed its unusual features, it was thought to be unrelated to any known phylum, or perhaps a relative of arthropod and annelid ancestors..

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The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service..

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With love and a little patience, dogs can learn to walk backwards, salute and bow..

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Adult carnivorous lampreys are the most well-known species, and feed by boring into the flesh of other fish (or in rare cases marine mammals) to consume flesh and/or blood; but only 18 species of lampreys engage in this predatory lifestyle (with Caspiomyzon suggested to feed on carrion rather than live prey)..

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Dogs with big, square heads and large ears (like the Saint Bernard) are the best at hearing subsonic sounds..

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There are a wide variety of recipes and cuisines in part because Indonesia is composed of approximately 6,000 populated islands of the total 17,508 in the world's largest archipelago, with more than 600 ethnic groups..

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The only real person to be a PEZ head was Betsy Ross..

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Dogs have three eyelids, including one to keep their eyes moist and protected..

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