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There was less lightning in the world during the Covid lockdowns.
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Dragonfly’s wings are highly efficient bacteria killers. They are covered in nano pillars which tear bacteria apart if they come into contact with them.
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Physicists at Cornell University have proposed that there is a second, twin Universe, a mirror image of our own, that is running backwards in time.
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"We will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway." DOUGLAS ADAMS
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20% of dogs love being told they're a good dog more than they love food.
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JRR Tolkien invented Ents because when he was a schoolboy, he had been disappointed that Birnam Wood did not really "come to Dunsinane" in Macbeth.
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In 2009, a set of identical twins was arrested for a jewelry heist in Germany.
DNA evidence proved that at least one of them was at the crime scene. But since it was impossible to prove which individual was guilty, both were acquitted.
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On 10 March 2015, Ireland accidentally legalised 125 drugs for one day, including ketamine, ecstasy and crystal meth.
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In the mid-1990s, Louisiana authorities put a parrot into witness protection.
The parrot had previously been owned by a crime boss, and had seen some things and would occasionally talk about them.
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Bolivia has a 5,000 man strong navy. What Bolivia does not have is a coastline.
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A 1940s Australian expression for surprise was "stiffen the wombats!"
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You can tell a legless lizard from a snake because it blinks.
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Global revenue from cybercrime is approximately $1.5tn a year; greater than Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google’s annual takings combined.
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Whales lower their voice to a whisper when communicating with their young to keep them safe from predators.
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Japan’s poo museum features a giant inflatable poo that erupts miniature toy-poos every 30 minutes.
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Word of the Day: TERGIVERSATION - a slippery refusal to give a straight answer
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Scientists have discovered when shrikes, a type of carnivorous bird, are flying overhead, Mongolian voles trim the grass around them because shrikes associate cut grass with poor hunting grounds.
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A kitchen sponge is a better environment for growing bacteria than a petri dish.
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This is the Australian orb-weaving spider commonly known as the ‘alien butt spider’. (Image: Robert Whyte)
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This is of course supposed to say by-product, not bi-product. We are not aware of the sexual orientation of any produce relating to the Beaufort cheese industry. Our apologies for the typo. twitter.com/qikipedia/stat…
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A French power station that makes enough electricity for about 1,500 homes is powered by the bi-products of the Beaufort cheese industry.
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A Victorian sewer worker once proved he’d found a tunnel into the Bank of England’s gold vaults and for his honesty, was given £800 (about £90,000 in today's money).
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At various points throughout the year, the hottest part of the solar system is Didcot. There is a nuclear fusion reactor there that can reach temperatures higher than the sun.
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The COP26 climate conference is estimated to have a carbon footprint of 102,500 tonnes, equivalent to the annual average emissions of 8,000 Britons.
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You can tell the rough date of a Victorian image by ladies’ gloves; they were worn short until 1835, mid-length until 1865, then up beyond the elbow by 1900.
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A Quite Interesting Twitter feed from the team behind the BBC TV show QI.
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