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It is believed that in 1780, William Addis developed the first mass produced toothbrush. At the time, the handle was made using a cow bone and it had cow tail-hair bristles. Toothbrushes had a deluxe option which was the one with hog hair until 1938 when the use of nylon took over. 

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By age 60, most people have lost half of their taste buds.

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Dogs sweat through their feet. (They lower their body temperature by sweating through their feet and by panting.)

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Butter is just whipped-up cream with a pinch of salt.

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Vegemite comes from brewer's yeast extract.

SHARPENING SCISSORS

Cut through some aluminum foil. Place about 6-7 layers of aluminum foil on top of each other and cut through it to sharpen your blunt scissors! If it doesn't end with the result you are after after the first go, do it a few more times and you will be impressed!

Note: You can also use some sandpaper to sharpen your scissors with. Just cut into some thin layers of sandpaper and see the difference!

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Red food colour comes from cochineal insects!

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Snails have teeth.

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Only female bees have stingers. In other words, only female bees sting.

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The average person spends 2 weeks of their life waiting for a traffic light to change.

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Most of snow is air and that is why a melted snowball makes a tiny puddle.

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Turtles can absorb oxygen through their rectum and it is possible for them to sustain an oxygen supply for an extended period of time through this process. Some call it 'breathing through butt'. Strange, but true!

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Perspiration is odourless. Bacteria on the skin creates the odour.

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Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than at any other time of the day.

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There are approximately 20,000 different species of bees in the world.

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Almost every mother can breastfeed successfully. Breastfeeding the baby frequently increases production of milk.


After 6 months of age, when babies begin to eat foods, it is strongly recommended that breastfeeding should continue for up to two years and beyond because it is an important source of nutrition, energy and protection from illness.

CAESAREAN AND OBESITY

There are many researchers proving that kids that are delivered naturally have many advantages over the ones that were born after an operation, C-section. Only one example is that the risk of suffering from asthma is greater in kids that weren't born naturally. However, the topic of today is the link between the birth types and the increased risk of obesity in kids. 


According to some research results formed and done in the USA (Boston Children's Hospital), there is a strong link between obesity and the birth type in kids. 

The research was published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood magasine and and it was noted there that the process of digestion in people that were born through caesarean changes due to the affects of C-section on the bacteria in the digestive system. When they compared over a thousand kids a quarter of whom were born after a caesarean operation and the rest was born naturally (vaginal birth), it was apparent that the quarter that wasn't born vaginally were fatter and were twice more under the risk of obesity. 


This is something to keep in mind especially for those women who have an option of choosing the type of birth they would like to experience at the end of their pregnancies.  

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Hippopotamuses can run faster than human beings.

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Ostriches are the largest birds in the world. Some are as tall as a man.

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Ants cannot blink since they do not have eyelids.