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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Revolver, dagger, rope, lead pipe, wrench, candlestick… There are many implements you can use to commit a murder most foul. Yet, you won’t find a mushroom in a game of Clue — but perhaps you should. Erin Patterson is standing trial in Australia for murder charges. She’s accused of killing her in-laws with a deadly …
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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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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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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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Getting hurt disrupts your entire life. There’s the obvious physical pain, but also the inconvenience of doctor’s appointments, rehab, medical bills, etc. Regardless of the cause, recovery from an injury can feel frustratingly slow. But there are steps you can take to actively support your body’s healing process and get back on your feet faster. …
Recycling can be an easy and effective way to help the environment, but people tend to need a bit of incentive to start recycling. To this end, many places have some kind of return-and-earn scheme for drink cans and bottles. The compensation usually isn’t much — a few cents per can — but it’s something. …
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What do you know about these rainbow fun facts? Did you know Earth is the only planet that experiences rainbows? The shape of a rainbow isn’t an arc, but instead a full circle. From the ground, we only see a semi-circle. You’ll sometimes see a double rainbow, also called a secondary rainbow. A double rainbow …
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