Whether you’re sick or all your friends happen to be out of town at the same time, sometimes we end up spending one too many days in our own company. That’s when you start laughing with your houseplants or having extended conversations with your dog. Recently, however, we discovered that it’s not just people who …
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From the depths of the oceans up to the moon, we have seen more of planet Earth than ever in human history. Yet, we ultimately understand very little of what we’ve encountered. Many natural phenomena still remain mysterious and unexplainable. We’ve taken a look at the collection of some creepy occurrences before, but that was …
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You can find plenty of things washed ashore if you go rummaging on a beach. You might find some pretty sea glass, old furniture, priceless whale puke, or severed human feet, for example. Or you might find an indescribable doughy mass of unknown origin. That’s what Canadian beachcombers in Newfoundland have been discovering in the …
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For an animal that died off 10,000 years ago, the woolly mammoth sure is an iconic one. These furry elephantine beasts symbolize both the last ice age and early human survival. That’s probably why so many people, both scientists and regular Joes, are fascinated by the cause of mammoths’ extinction. Multiple theories about why mammoths …
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Do you know these candy fun facts like Mike and Ike came out in 1940? There are so many more fun facts about candy to come! There’s a streetlight in Hershey Pennsylvania that is shaped like a Hershey Kiss. Hershey, Pennsylvania is home to the World Headquarters for the Hershey Chocolate Company and was named …
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Space is the place to be. That’s what it sure seems like when you look at all the plans to colonize the moon, Mars, and other distant chunks of rock. Once we do manage to leave Earth, however, the brave space colonists will need houses. And building space housing is currently proving to be a …
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Cheese is delicious. You can’t beat a nice chunk of brie or gorgonzola on a cracker, and melty mozzarella makes pizza worth eating. Humanity’s love affair with cheese has ancient origins. But it’s unclear how long exactly we’ve been making cheese. That said, a recent discovery has shed some light on our cheesy history. Archeologists …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regularly issues recommendations on how to deal with developing health risks. Typically, those recommendations are what you’d expect. They might ask you to throw away contaminated food items, maybe get vaccinated, shake people’s hands instead of licking them… You know, doctor stuff. For an emerging parasitic threat, …
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Do you see “hummers” and also think of Pocahontas? There are so many things to learn about the hummingbird! Some hummingbird species like the Anna’s and Costa’s are singing birds. Like other animals, they commonly make aggressive sounds like chattering or squealing. Hummingbirds prefer nectar over feeders. Hummers have over 1,000 feathers. Their legs are …
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What do you know about mushrooms? Did you know that we are discovering new varities all the time? We’ve been eating them for thousands of years. Mushrooms will grow almost anywhere. Mushroom growing in the United States is credited to J.B. Swayne as the first to grow them here. He started the shrooms in Kennett …
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