Many animals are instantly recognizable from their distinctive colors. A polar bear is white, a cardinal is red, the common fox is orange, and so on. Occasionally, however, nature turns in a curveball and produces a bizarrely colored beast. Known as color morphs, these individual animals exhibit an unusual variation of the species’ normal coloring. …
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Everybody loves a good competition. But it’s not just people who get in on the thrill of a contest. Many animal competitions take place around the globe every year. Usually it’s about people pitting their pets or livestock against each other, but animals can sometime get genuinely competitive themselves too. Here are six unusual but …
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Did you read Hockey Fun Facts Before The 2025 Season Starts? Because this is basically a part two. Wayne Gretzky’s father, Walter, built him a backyard ice rink when he was two years old. Gretzky ended up scoring his first NHL goal against goaltender Glen Hanlon, who was also his childhood hero. That had to …
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The right choice of typeface and font can make or break things in graphic design. Making a poor font choice could get your company or products ridiculed. Or they could straight up ruin your life. Font choices have caused some significant controversies over the years. From default PC fonts used in popular movie logos to …
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Do you know these hockey fun facts, like the coldest temperature at an outdoor hockey team was -22? Do you think you know the rest of these fun facts on this list? Hockey has been played for over 4,000 years, with the first recorded game played in Ancient Egypt. The first indoor hockey game happened …
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So, you want to be a champion. Unfortunately, you’re just not that good at traditional sports, games, and such. Well, don’t fret! People have and will compete in absolutely anything, so there must be a contest out there that’s perfect for your skill set — no matter how bizarre. We’ve talked about strange world championships …
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White tiger fun facts like white tigers have blue eyes and if shaved have stripes on their skin. As of today, there are no known white tigers in the wild. White tigers can run up to 60 miles an hour. White tigers can eat up to 40 pounds of meat at one time. White tigers …
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On December 17, 1903, the clumsy and unwieldy Wright Flyer soared through the air for 12 seconds, covering 120 feet. It doesn’t sound like much, but it marked the first time humanity had achieved sustained, powered flight. Today, on August 19, we celebrate National Aviation Day. Coinciding with Wilbur Wright’s birthday, this day commemorates the …
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Nobody wants to be around poop. It’s waste, it’s stinky, it’s disgusting. It can also be very, very expensive. You won’t earn filthy riches with just any old piece of crap, though. It has to be just the right type of poop, incredibly old, have a specific use, or just be a weird enough turd …
Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble… This famous quote from Shakespeare (did you know that?) shows that you need some accoutrements to perform magic. Some of those magical objects are pretty strange, though. You might be familiar with eyes of newt and other such things, but “real” witches and wizards have …
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