Punishments In The Russian Army

25 November 2023

These hilarious pictures show what happens to you in the Russian army when you make a mistake. Forgot your rifle? Maybe carrying around a huge wooden rifle will help you [...]

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Spiders Can Hear You ‘Walking And Talking’

23 November 2023

Spiders can hear you ‘walking and talking’. If you’re already scared of spiders, you’re not going to like this next part. A new study published Thursday in Current [...]

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How Many Megapixels Is the Human Eye? The Answer Is Complicated

23 November 2023

The human eye. According to scientist and photographer Dr. Roger Clark, the resolution of the human eye is 576 megapixels. That’s huge when you compare it to the 12 megapixels of [...]

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Top Ten Pain Relievers In Ancient Times

22 November 2023

Pain relievers in ancient times. Many believe that patients before the early 20th century had to endure dental repairs, tooth extractions, or general surgery in agony, largely unrelieved except by [...]

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The Untold Truth Of Area 51

22 November 2023

Area 51 is most commonly thought of as the place where the government keeps UFOs and alien secrets, but no one outside the highest levels of government knows the truths that [...]

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A 5,000-Year-Old Toy Chariot Was Found!

22 November 2023

A 5000 year old toy chariot was found! The ancient settlement of Sogmatar, which thrived 5,000 years ago, back to the Bronze age, might seem like a world detached from our own. [...]

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A New Zealand Library Books Kept Vanishing And Then Reappearing

21 November 2023

Library books kept vanishing and then reappearing. The Auckland Central Library in New Zealand’s largest city has a long history of providing for the city’s homeless population. After [...]

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What Life Actually Was Like For A Real Pirate

18 November 2023

In between bouts of pirate-talk and rocking out to Alestorm (or Lazy Town, whichever you prefer), you may have wondered what life would’ve been like if you actually were [...]

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How Fire Ants Form Towers More Than 30 Ants High

18 November 2023

Fire ants may not be cute or cuddly, but they have some pretty cool tricks. They can form rafts to survive floods, and researchers have now figured out how they [...]

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Armageddon-Proof Survival Pod Proves a Big Hit

18 November 2023

You may be all happy and carefree today celebrating public holidays, but don’t forget about the end of days. Luckily, there’s a way around it – a survival pod [...]

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How Freshwater Cultured Pearls Began

18 November 2023

Freshwater cultured pearls. Pearls are produced by mollusks, mussels or oysters belonging to the Unionidae family. Saltwater pearls are produced by oysters in the ocean, while freshwater pearls come from [...]

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The Deadly Alaskan Bermuda Triangle

17 November 2023

You’ve probably heard legends about planes and ships mysteriously disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle. But those legends don’t come close to the serious disappearances that have plagued Alaska [...]

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How Pandas Got Their Patches – Science And Mythology

16 November 2023

Panda patches. Giant pandas’ patches are among the most striking of any mammal: black ears and eye spots set against a white face, with dark limbs and shoulders abutting a [...]

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Botticelli’s Masterpiece Of ‘The Birth of Venus’

16 November 2023

Sandro Botticelli, an early master of the Italian Renaissance, is celebrated for his contributions to the major art motion. He is well known for his larger-than-life mythological scene of  The [...]

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Daughter Found Box With 30,000 Never-Before-Seen Negatives

15 November 2023

Never-seen-before negatives. Some artists don’t live long enough to experience the recognition they get. Masha Ivashintsova was one of them. This Russian artist and theater critic had been heavily [...]

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Man In Colorful Parrot Costume Helps To Sell Houses Online

15 November 2023

Colorful parrot. If you’re looking for a way to to make your property stand out on a real-estate website, dressing up as a colorful parrot and posing for photos [...]

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It’s The Addicted Rats That Ate 450 Kilograms Of Marijuana!

12 November 2023

Addicted rats. When police inspectors in Pilar, Argentina’s Buenos Aires province, were recently questioned about the disappearance of 540 kg of marijuana from the evidence room, they explained that addicted [...]

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Ignorant Scientists. So Many Don’t Know What They’re Talking About

11 November 2023

Ignorant scientists. Science has enormous cachet and authority in our culture, for very understandable reasons! And that has led scientists (and non-scientists who claim the mantle of science) to claim [...]

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Did Saint Patrick Banish All The Snakes From Ireland?

26 October 2023

Did Saint Patrick banish all the snakes from Ireland? It turns out the story is a bit more complicated than that. Legend tells it that St. Patrick banished all the [...]

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Winners Of The 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

26 October 2023

The Sony World Photography Awards celebrates its 11th anniversary this year. This is one of the most respected and influential photography competitions in the world. Every single year they are [...]

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