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Elmosolyodni - Hungarian, (v.) to slowly break out into a genuine smile when being overcome with emotions, like love or utter happiness.

A giraffe can run up to 35 miles per hour.

Cualacino is the Italian word for the mark left on a table by a cold glass. 

Dysania is the state of not wanting to get out of bed in the morning.

Petrichor is the scent of rain on dry earth.

The cardboard holder used to prevent you from burning your hand is called a zarf. The zarf originated from Arabic areas and were typically made of metal.

The name of the infinity symbol is lemniscate.

The glabella is the space between your eyebrows. 

The ferrule is the metal band that wraps around the eraser and pencil.

The lunule is the white, crescent-shaped part of a nail.

Wattle is a material for making fences, walls, etc., consisting of rods or stakes interlaced with twigs or branches.

High heels were used by ancient Egyptian butchers to wear them so they wouldn't step in the blood and animal bodies.

While “nut” is in their name, peanuts are in fact legumes. Peanuts actually grow underground, as opposed to nuts like walnuts, almonds, etc. that grow on trees. Peanuts, along with beans and peas, belong to the single plant family, Leguminosae.

Nightmare was used to describe 'a bad dream caused by an incubus' in the 16th century, and by 1829 it was used to describe 'a bad dream' in general.

Hemitrichia serpula, more commonly known as "pretzel slime" is a slime mold species.

The color of your eyes depends on your amount of melanin. Less melanin - blue or green, more melanin - brown or hazel