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What’s the world’s fattest country? Not America!

The majority of people would automatically assume that America is has the world’s highest obesity rates, but in fact it ranks ninth with 74.1% of people being overweight.

What’s number one? It’s Narau with a whopping 94.5% of its adult population being overweight! Scientists attribute the raising obesity rates to urbanization and bad eating habits.

See what other countries rank high here!

Pretty much all mazes can be solved by a simple rule!

Many mazes have unconnected or island walls in them. If you put your right hand on the wall as soon as you enter the maze, you can usually follow it all the way through to the end.

You can’t decide to put your right hand on the wall in the middle of the maze, though, because you could be unintentionally putting your hand on an island wall. It would cause you to go in circles within the maze. Faithfully follow the right hand wall from the beginning of the maze, though, and you will find the end easily.

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Mercury's days are longer than its years!

Due to the speed of its orbit, Mercury has longer days than years! It takes 88 days to complete an orbit around the Sun. A single day on Mercury is equal to two years on Mercury. It is equal to about 176 Earth days.

It is hard to see Mercury from Earth, because the Sun’s glare hides it. You can see it, however, during a solar eclipse. Two spacecrafts have been to Mercury.

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Ever wonder why we get bags under our eyes?

It’s called Periorbital puffiness. What happens is that as we move around all day, the fluids in our bodies shift, causing our eyes to swell.

Eye bags are especially noticeable after sleeping because the body has been still in a horizontal position for so long, gravity has caused fluids to shift to below our eyes. Although we all have fluid in our bodies, age and weight also play a role in how prominent eye-bags can be.

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Villagers lie on train tracks to cure diseases in Indonesia!

Villagers in the small Indonesian village of Rawa Buaya have taken up the practice of lying on local train tracks, believing the electrical current will cure them of their ailments.

The practice is believed to have started after a paralyzed Chinese man attempted to commit suicide on the tracks and was cured from his paralyses. Villagers believe this “electric shock therapy” can cure anything from hypertension to obesity. The currents are so powerful villagers visibly shake.

There is little or no evidence that the electrical currents help, and to discourage the practice local authorities have enacted a fine for anyone caught lying on the tracks.

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