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Old 02-07-25, 02:58 AM   #3796
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The world's deadliest border in 2024 was the southern border of the European Union, both in absolute numbers and in percentage.

Europe's southern border has been at the top of this statistic for the 10th consecutive year.


Five of the six main migration routes into Europe cross the southern border:
- the Balkan land route (starting in Greece, which is a EU member, through Albania and Serbia into Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia)
- the eastern Mediterranean route (starting in Syria and neighbouring countries, crossing the Mediterranean into Cyprus, from there into Turkey and then on to Greece and Bulgaria)
- the central Mediterranean route (from Tunisia across the Mediterranean to southern Italy and Malta)
- the western Mediterranean route (from Morocco across the Mediterranean/Gibraltar into Spain)
- the Canary Islands route (from Westafrican nations like Morocco, Mauretania, Senegal, The Gambia and others across the Atlantic to the Canary Islands off the Morroccan coast. The Canary Islands are an autonomous region of Spain).


The last one is the deadliest route, more than 20% of the migrants using this route died in 2024 (a bit over 10,000 known dead, with estimates going as high as 35,000 out of about 50,000 registered illegal immigrants).
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Old 02-07-25, 08:02 AM   #3797
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H&M actually stands for something.

The clothing retail shop was originally called Hennes—Swedish for “hers”—before acquiring the hunting and fishing equipment brand Mauritz Widforss. Eventually, Hennes & Mauritz was shortened to H&M.
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Old 02-07-25, 05:42 PM   #3798
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The biggest thing in the known universe is Quipu.
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Theodore Roosevelt had a pet hyena.
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The CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups.

Its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and its workers need an escort to leave their work posts.
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Old 02-10-25, 06:31 PM   #3801
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Giraffes do not have horns. They have Ossicones.
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Old 02-11-25, 01:19 PM   #3802
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Giraffe tongues can be 20 inches long.

Their dark, bluish-black color is probably to prevent sunburn.
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Old 02-19-25, 01:34 PM   #3803
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There’s only one U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s.

Montpelier, Vermont.
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Old 02-20-25, 01:26 PM   #3804
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Europeans were scared of eating tomatoes when they were introduced.
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The international Space Station loses 100 meters of altitude per day.


A few times per year, extra fuel needs to be taken up to allow the thrusters to boost the altitude back.
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Humans aren’t the only animals that dream.

Studies have indicated rats dream about getting to food or running through mazes. Most mammals go through REM sleep, the cycle in which dreams occur, so scientists think there’s a good chance they all dream.
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The inventor of the microwave appliance received only $2 for his discovery.
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Frankenstein’s Creature is a vegetarian.

Both Victor Frankenstein and Creature are fictional characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In the classic novel, Creature says, “My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment.”
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Catoptromancy is the interpretation of reflections
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