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When he was a teenager living in Sudan, former NBA basketball player Manute Bol supposedly killed a lion with a spear.

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In biology, a chimera is an organism whose cells don't all have the same DNA. This can happen in humans, and can result in a person having two different blood types.

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From 2000-2016, the country with the most Summer Olympics medals per capita was the Bahamas, with over 28 medals per 1 million residents. All of the medals were earned in sprinting or jumping events.

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People with Williams Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder, tend to be extremely outgoing - even with strangers.

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Despite being near the shore of Africa, Madagascar was originally settled by people from the island of Borneo, over 7000 kilometers away.

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Level 55

May 1, 2018

Did you know reindeer like bananas?

Level 89

Nov 2, 2018

Mine prefer coconuts.

Level 71

May 6, 2020

Not many people know that.

Level 89

Sep 30, 2018

#104 Named after Robin?

Level 61

Jan 31, 2019

Level 64

Apr 3, 2020

Hahaha😁

Level 51

Jan 7, 2020

WHY DID YOU BULLY THE LION? :(

Level 60

Jan 12, 2022

Ikr

Level 78

Jan 29, 2020

Sometimes I think everyone in the world has Williams Syndrome except me.

Level 71

May 6, 2020

103.... Bahamas average 2 medals per Olympics. If someone from Tuvalu was to win a medal they would have 91 medals per million residents.

Level 68

May 21, 2020

You are saying average medals per Olympics. It is average medals per million.

Level 71

Jul 7, 2020

What I am saying is that 'Averages don't mean anything'.

Level 44

Feb 10, 2022

yo what if the vatican got one or one of those other little countries

Level 59

Nov 22, 2022

I would be surprised for the 70 and 80 yr old cardinals and bishops to even make it there, but you never know.....

Level 57

Jul 28, 2020

102.. Any Hunter x Hunter fans?

Level 86

Jun 24, 2021

104 . . .My niece has Williams Syndrome. I can attest to how outgoing they are. They also tend to fixate on topics and become obsessed. For her it was Halloween, then the Backstreet Boys, and for the last few years, weddings.

Level 69

Mar 31, 2022

There's a theory that humans bred Williams Syndrome into dogs permanently

Level 70

Jun 6, 2022

#105: that is why if you compare malagasy with indonesian on elinguistics.net they are related! never knew that

Level 68

Feb 13, 2023

#104 is grammatically incorrect—that should be an em dash.