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Interesting Facts - Page 125
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Sunlight is much, much brighter than most artificial light. A bright sunny day near the equator will be about 200 times as bright as a typical artificially-lit office or store environment.
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Some people believe that most nearsightedness is caused by lack of childhood exposure to bright sunlight. This could explain why nearsightedness is extremely rare in traditional rural cultures, and extremely prevalent in highly urbanized societies such as Singapore.
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U.S. book publishers are required to submit two copies of every book they publish to the Library of Congress. The library retains every book in the English language which it deems to be significant.
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Between 2018 and 2020, the median age in South Korea increased by 1.4 years. Take a minute to think about what this means for the future of the country.
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Despite having an average high above 90° F in July and August, the temperature in Miami has never exceeded 100° F.
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On the plus side, as awareness of this fact because more widespread, its possible that we will be able to prevent nearsightedness in children, either through medical treatments or by letting them play outside.
Her head was stolen two times, her right arm has been stolen once, One time there was a big gash on her neck, and she has gotten blasted off her base, a (censored) was attached to her hand (please don't ban me because of this, this is just facts), green paint dumped on her with March 8 written on her, she was drenched with red paint with "Danmark [sic] defend the whales of the Faroe Islands" written on her, drenched with blue and white paint with "Befri Abdulle" written on her, and "Free Hong Kong" and "racist fish" written on her.
Sources: [1], [2]
"Saddam Hussein once wrote a romance novel about a woman in an abusive relationship. While most scholars believe it is an allegory for the relationship between the US and Hussein's Iraq, it also sold over 1 million copies and was adapted as a television series and a musical."
Also a Blood Quran fact would be good if you haven't included one already. Something like this:
"Saddam Hussein once commissioned a Quran written in his own blood. After his overthrow, religious authorities faced a paradox: the act of writing a Quran in blood is considered a heresy, but so is the act of destroying a Quran. It currently is locked away in a mosque under incredibly high security."
https://www.farandwide.com/s/amazing-geography-facts-d9d661749cad43df
1. WWII (When France surrendered to Germany)
2. The Suez Crisis (Cold War)
Most of the deaths are due to people violently shaking it to get stuck snacks out.
trashyunsignificantIs that the real deal? I mean, is the correlation between sunshine exposure and nearsightedness the main factor?
Maybe is the fact that highly urbanized societies have works that wear out the eyes quickier (screens all day, night shifts, reading snail-sized captions).
Maybe is the fact that nearsightedness can be found easier in more developed countries (not much by the technology, but by the availability), and thus have higher numbers reported.
I don't argue whether sunlight exposure could be a factor, I argue whether it is the factor.