Organized warfare in a uniquely human phenomenon. We’re the only species on the planet unfortunate enough to have developed the kind of intelligence and political organization necessary for full-scale, total war. That said, it’s not like animals don’t go to battle against each other. While most fights between them are single bouts between predator and …
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Most town have that one legendary eccentric individual. They may not be the best person, or even a good person for that matter, but everybody knows them. That’s generally because they pull stunts like this. Jonathan Mason is a resident of Murray, Kentucky. The 40-year-old who owns a farm outside of town is locally known …
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Do you know these fun facts all about cheetahs? A cheetah’s muscular tail helps control their steering and keep their balance while they’re running fast, almost like a boat’s rudder. A cheetah’s typical stride is about 21 feet long. Cheetahs live in Eastern and Southern Africa. Including its body and tail, a cheetah can grow …
These fun facts about spring are perfect before the end of the season! Do you think you know some of the things on this list? The phrase “April showers bring May flowers” can be traced back to the 16th century and before. The saying appears in a poem written by Thomas Tusser in 1557, as …
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Genetic modification has done a lot to benefit humanity. It has given more plentiful crops, like corn and rice, and even medications, like bacteria-produced insulin. Not every genetic experiment has been a great success. For example, you can look at the one that turned cuddle hamsters into ultraviolent psychos. And then there are those genetic …
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Tyrannosaurus Rex, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, Spinosaurus… Even if you know next to nothing about dinosaurs, some of them are so iconic that you can picture them just by the name. Not all dinosaurs are like that, though. For each legendary dino, there were two (if not more) absolute weirdoes roaming primordial Earth. We missed the International …
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If The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit taught us anything, it’s not to judge someone’s abilities based on their size. Even the smallest of us can achieve the greatest things. This tiny dachshund sure did. Valerie the miniature dachshund was recently with her family. She had been missing for a year and a …
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If you know all of these spring fun facts, that would be surprising. Like do you know which mammal travels furthest each year? The day and night are similar in length to the point of being almost equal during the spring equinox and the word equinox comes from the Latin words meaning “equal night.” April …
Some animals are shockingly intelligent. They can learn to use tools, solve complex environmental puzzles, and remember stuff for longer than humans can. They can even learn to obey traffic lights — in their own way. Dr. Vladimir Dinets, a zoologist from New Jersey, has discovered a young hawk that has developed a unique hunting …
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The Cold War might as well have been called the Spy War because, really, that’s what it was. The CIA and its Soviet counterpart, the KGB, were constantly coming up with new, sneaky ways to find out what was happening on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Some spying techniques the CIA developed were …
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