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More than half of humanity now lives in cities

Around 2007 the world quietly became more urban than rural for the first time in history.

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Science Physics

Heat a magnet past its Curie point and it stops working

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Space Solar System

Mercury is shrinking, and its radius has lost up to 7 km

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Food & Drink Beverages

Coca-Cola began in 1886 as a pharmacist's cure-all - minus the wine

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Science Physics

Water boils and freezes at once at 0.01 °C and 611 Pa

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Language & Communication Linguistics

Sign languages aren't English on the hands — they have their own grammar

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History War & Conflict

World War II is the deadliest conflict in human history

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