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25. Pearl Jam

The band Pearl Jam formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990.

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24. Anton LaVey

Anton LaVey named his only son, born in 1993, "Satan Xerxes Carnacki LaVey".

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23. New Pokemon Type

Confirmed just a short moment ago, they are including an 18th type in Pokemon X and Y. It is called the "Fairy" type, and it will be super effective against Dragon. Other weaknesses and resistances are unknown at this time. Pokemon that will be Fairy type include Sylveon, Gardevoir, Jigglypuff, and Marill.

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22. Black Rats

The scientific classification of the black rat is "Rattus rattus".

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21. Artificial Sweeteners

Studies have shown that sugar substitutes are capable of leading to more weight gain than natural sugars. A 2005, population-based study by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio showed that increased weight gain and obesity were associated with increased use of diet sodas. Also, although the extension of animal model findings to humans is unclear, rats given sweeteners have increased calorie intake, increased body weight, and increased adiposity (“fatness”).

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20. Musa Velutina

The Musa Velutina plant, or pink banana plant, is a species of banana plant that bears small, pink fruit. Though most list this plant as inedible, this is only due to its hard seeds. It's easy to tell if the fruit is ripe, because it peels itself back, revealing the sweet insides.

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19. American Civil War

Around 73,000 Union deaths were due to an outbreak of syphilis. To put this into perspective further, roughly 224,000 Union officers and soldiers died from illness. Far more deaths during the Civil War were disease related rather than in combat.

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18. J. Edgar Hoover

As a child, J. Edgar Hoover was a peeping tom. He spied on his neighbors from his bedroom window and cataloged information about what he saw.

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17. Jellyfish

Jellyfish are composed of over 95% water (they can evaporate in sunlight!) and have none of the usual organs present in other aquatic species. However, they do have a standard nervous system, called a "nerve net," which allows them to feel the presence of other creatures. Their body is thin enough so that they can be oxygenated by diffusion, and they feed and excrete their small prey through a hole in the base of their bulb. One species of jellyfish,T. nutricula, is pretty much immortal, being able to revert back to their polyp stage of growth. This allows them to escape the usual death that awaits them post-reproductive, if they have not otherwise been eaten by another ocean organism. Such information has only been acquired through observation and research in lab conditions though, and it is not known whether the jellyfish does this regularly in the wild.

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16. Grenades

The most common depiction of a grenade, and most recognizable, is the Mk 2 defensive hand grenade. Developed for WWII, this fragmentation grenade has a five second delay and a blast radius of 30 yards. It is sometimes referred to as a "pineapple" because of its appearance.

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15. Polar Bears

When a Polar Bear is hunting, it covers its nose in the snow to hide it. This helps it to blend into the environment, covering the one noticeable part of its body that isn't white in color.

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14. Effort Values

Once your Pokemon defeats another in battle, the most average players will notice is a gain in experience. However, there is something else taking place as well, secret numbers registered within the game's code that make up your Pokemon's stats. When a Pokemon (wild or otherwise) is defeated in battle, the Pokemon who finished the battle gains a certain amount of "EV's" or "Effort Values". Every four EV's gained adds one point to your Pokemon's final stat total at Level 100. These can only be seen using a cheating device, or, if you're patient enough, you can keep count of them yourself. An up to date list of which EV's each Pokemon yields after defeat can be found here.

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13. Nero

Today marks the 1945th anniversary of Roman Emperor Nero's death. He was the last emperor in the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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12. Happy Birthday, Johnny!

Johnny Depp turned 50 years old today.

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11. Coffee

Over two billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide every day.

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10. Sperm-Egg Fertilization

It wasn't determined that life originated from the union of a sperm and egg until 1875.

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9. Chamberlain-Kahn Act

In 1918, over 20,000 women in the United States were incarcerated under the Chamberlain-Kahn Act. This act allowed the government to arrest and contain any woman suspected of having a venereal disease. Each woman arrested, even those that didn't actually have V.D., were given forced genital injections of mercury as treatment.