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There Are Over 200 Corpses on Mt. Everest

There Are Over 200 Bodies on Mount Everest, And They're Used as Landmarks. More than 200 people have died in their attempt to scale Mount Everest. The mountain offers seemingly endless options for kicking the bucket, from falling into the abyss to suffocating from lack of oxygen to being smashed by raining boulders.Nov

Mosquitoes Have 47 Teeth

Mosquitoes do not have teeth, they have 47 sharp daggers that run along each side of a long, piercing proboscis. With a weapon like that, who needs teeth? The proboscis is an elongated mouthpart that is used like a hypodermic needle to pierce the skin.

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The More You Know

  • A former NASA scientist invented the Super Soaker.
  • Only 5% of the ocean has been explored.
  • The stars and flashes of light you see when you rub your eyes are called "phosphenes."
  • Four times more people speak English as a second language than as a native one.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.