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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Everybody loses something sometimes. That said, there are important things that you really should keep in their places. We’re talking about things like important documents, house keys, your phone… Oh, and your nukes. Yet, the world’s militaries lose their nuclear weapons shockingly often. For instance, the U.S. military (which keeps excellent tabs on its nukes, …
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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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A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. But what if it looked like a pig snout or something equally weird? We all learn what your basic, run-off-the-mill flower looks like from a young age. It’s a wide world out there, though, and not all flowers are round little arrangements of petals. …
These fun facts about Mars may surprise you. You’ll have to let me know which fun facts surprised you! A Martian day is called a sol. The southern hemisphere of Mars has lots of highland as well as lots of craters. Mars’s gravity is only about 38% as much as Earth’s. Mars is the second …
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What do you know about the month of June? Here are a bunch of fun facts you may not know. June is the month of celebrations for most high schools and colleges. Strawberries come into season during the month of June all around the nation. The first Superman comic was published on June 30, 1938. …
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Sunrise and sunset colors are some of the most magnificent views in nature. Here are a bunch of fun facts about the colors during these times of the day. Each color has its own wavelength and part of the light spectrum and each of them are a different length. The low angle of the sun …
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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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The world is such a wide and fascinating place. You often hear people bitten by the travel bug bemoaning how they feel like they’ll never get to see all of it. If you’re one of these people, you can relax a little. Yes, you may never see all of the world, but that’s because you …
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