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Cows keep their own voices when their mood changes.
Cows keep their own voices when their mood changes. Researchers recorded 18 heifers in different emotional situations and found distinctive vocal features…
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India's train-tracking service gives a late train a visible location.
India's train-tracking service gives a late train a visible location. The National Train Enquiry System provides running information so passengers can check…
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Pope Sylvester II was a prominent 10th-century religious leader who studied astrology and Arabic mathematics in Spain, which led many of his terrified European contemporaries to…
Pope Sylvester II was a prominent 10th-century religious leader who studied astrology and Arabic mathematics in Spain, which led many of his terrified…
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Your gut can turn healthy food into a rotten-egg smell.
Your gut can turn healthy food into a rotten-egg smell. Bacteria break down material that reaches the intestine, producing gases as they work. Hydrogen…
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West Pennard presented Victoria with a cheese made from hundreds of cows' milk.
West Pennard presented Victoria with a cheese made from hundreds of cows' milk. A period account records a cheese produced from the morning milk of 737 cows…
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Primary schools across France completely banned the unrestricted use of ketchup in their cafeterias back in two thousand and eleven, heavily restricting the popular condiment…
Primary schools across France completely banned the unrestricted use of ketchup in their cafeterias back in two thousand and eleven, heavily restricting the…
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Virginia built test roads that can order their own bad weather.
Virginia built test roads that can order their own bad weather. At Virginia Tech's Smart Roads facilities, researchers can create rain, snow, fog, and…
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Aquarius is represented by the Water Bearer and has waves as its official symbol, yet it is classified as an air sign rather than a water sign in traditional astrological doctrine.
Aquarius is represented by the Water Bearer and has waves as its official symbol, yet it is classified as an air sign rather than a water sign in traditional…
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Berlin's wall peckers turned a border into souvenirs.
Berlin's wall peckers turned a border into souvenirs. After the border opened in 1989, people chipped pieces from the Berlin Wall with hammers and chisels.…
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A steam-car inventor wanted to spare the horses.
A steam-car inventor wanted to spare the horses. Richard Dudgeon built an early self-propelled road vehicle hoping to reduce the mistreatment of working…
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Willy Wonka saved the chocolate-room reveal for its child actors.
Willy Wonka saved the chocolate-room reveal for its child actors. Cast members recalled being kept from seeing the full set beforehand. When they entered, the…
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A grazing Yellowstone bison is still faster than you.
A grazing Yellowstone bison is still faster than you. The park warns visitors to stay at least 25 yards from bison and notes that they can run about 35 mph.…
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Disneyland Paris experienced a massive wave of intense labor strikes where disgruntled cast members in full Mickey Mouse and Cinderella costumes marched directly through the…
Disneyland Paris experienced a massive wave of intense labor strikes where disgruntled cast members in full Mickey Mouse and Cinderella costumes marched…
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An Austrian village gained a look-alike in southern China.
An Austrian village gained a look-alike in southern China. A development in Guangdong recreated Hallstatt's recognizable church spire, square, and…
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The Soviet Alfa submarine traded ordinary steel for a titanium hull.
The Soviet Alfa submarine traded ordinary steel for a titanium hull. Titanium helped reduce hull weight, while a compact nuclear power plant drove the boat to…
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Tulum's luxury boom puts pressure on the landscape it sells.
Tulum's luxury boom puts pressure on the landscape it sells. Rapid coastal development brings buildings, wastewater, and demand for energy into a sensitive…
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Clefairy was a comic-book star before Pikachu ruled TV.
Clefairy was a comic-book star before Pikachu ruled TV. In the early Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga, Red travels with a mischievous Clefairy as a central…
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A famous Icelandic canyon needed a break from visitors.
A famous Icelandic canyon needed a break from visitors. Fjaðrárgljúfur gained attention after Justin Bieber's 2015 video, alongside Iceland's wider tourism…
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Samsung helped supply the screen inside its rival's iPad.
Samsung helped supply the screen inside its rival's iPad. The 2012 iPad's high-resolution display relied on component manufacturing that included Samsung.…
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Refined sugar triggers an intense inflammatory response within the body, heavily suppressing your immune system function for hours after consumption.
Refined sugar triggers an intense inflammatory response within the body, heavily suppressing your immune system function for hours after consumption. A large…
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Two man-eating lions disrupted a railway project at Tsavo in 1898.
Two man-eating lions disrupted a railway project at Tsavo in 1898. Repeated attacks spread fear among the construction crews and drove workers away. The…
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Shakers were a radical Christian sect founded in eighteenth-century England that fully embraced a rigid lifestyle of absolute pacifism, strict communal living, and mandatory, uncompromising celibacy.
Shakers were a radical Christian sect founded in eighteenth-century England that fully embraced a rigid lifestyle of absolute pacifism, strict communal…
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Termites' gut microbes make them a global methane source.
Termites' gut microbes make them a global methane source. A 2023 modeling study estimated termite methane emissions at about 15 million metric tons in 2020,…
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Access to the king's toilet could become access to power.
Access to the king's toilet could become access to power. The Groom of the Stool attended the monarch's most private routines, providing supplies and managing…
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