Lighting flashes illuminate the dark clouds above a stormy sea. Suddenly, for a brief moment, an enormous red-glowing jellyfish appears floating in the sky before disappearing just as quickly. Oh, that doesn’t seem right at all. It sounds like a tall tale told by old-timey sailors, but the hubbub about red jellyfish is very recent. …
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Do you think you know a lot all about cardboard? I think we can all agree it’s better than plastic! Many children build forts and playhouses using cardboard boxes. Some cardboard is designed to be compostable. Wet or greasy cardboard may not be recyclable. Cardboard furniture is often used for events or emergency situations. It …
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What’s better than fun facts about laughing? For instance, did you know people are funnier when around others? (Or at least we laugh at our own jokes when we’re around others.) Humans laughed long before they learned to speak; laughter is one of the oldest forms of communication. Babies can laugh as early as three …
Space is strange. There are all kinds of bizarre things floating about in there, from planets where razor glass rains sideways to incomprehensibly huge voids where there’s nothing at all. Yet, we know so little about the universe that astronomers discover new surprises all the time. Recently, they found a planet that defies most things …
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Animals can have confusing names. For example, did you know the red-bellied woodpecker doesn’t have a red belly? These kinds of misleading monikers can be a result of outdated classifications, shared appearances between unrelated animals, or simple mistakes. Whatever the reason, though, an animal’s name or behavior can lead you to believe it’s related to …
Do you know these ice fun facts? Besides snow, ice is the cornerstone of the season and know you’ll know more about it. Ice always floats in water, which is why your drink cubes bob at the top. Ice cubes can crack loudly when dropped into warm drinks. The holes in ice cube trays help …
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Do you know that breast milk changes for the baby, depending on health and age? Do you think you know these fun facts about breast milk? Its composition changes daily and even within one feeding. The milk at the start of a feed (foremilk) is more watery, while the milk at the end (hindmilk) is …
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After World War II, G.I.s returned from the front and got busy building families. That resulted in a baby boom, and that’s how we got today’s Boomers. It turns out that the same thing can also happen with our closest relatives. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a bloody war raged in Uganda. This …
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Do you think you know a bunch of these fun facts about frogs? Because some of them are going to shock you. Frogs are amphibians and can live in water and on land. Their lives are shown in this dual water and land life as they are laid in water, hatch in the water and …
In science fiction, robots are comparable to, if not better than, real people. They can run, crawl, jump, speak, and use guns and computers just like a human would. Real robots, however, are much clumsier and clunkier things. Although some industrial machines can manipulate objects with incredible accuracy, humanoid robots are a far cry from …
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