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La Paz, Bolivia, has "traffic zebras" to direct traffic and make sure drivers obey road rules near zebra crossings.
(Image: Micaelagaymer; CC BY-SA.)
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Tutankhamun's tomb contained a collection of boomerangs.
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After Mo Saleh joined Liverpool F.C, hate crimes against Muslims in the Liverpool area dropped 16%.
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This house (located in Rockport, Massachusetts) was constructed entirely from newspaper, glue, and varnish.
It has so far survived 96 years of Massachusetts winters.
(Image: Danielle Walquist Lynch; CC BY.)
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The Aubudon Society released official guidance for what counts as a "birb", a "borb" and a "floof": audubon.org/news/whats-dif…
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Teenagers literally feel more than adults do, as our sense of touch peaks between 16 and 18.
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Word of the Day: DIURNATION - the habit of sleeping during the day
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In 1960, the RAF parachuted cats into Borneo to deal with a rat army.
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Crayfish become more adventurous on antidepressants.
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Yuor aibltiy to ueandrstnd tihs jmubled txet is comonmly cllaed ‘typoglycemia’.
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Spam email got its name from a Monty Python sketch in which shouting ’SPAM!’ drowns out all other conversation.
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Dogs can sniff out COVID19, but aren’t very good at it if they’re hungry or after eating, when they need a nap.
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The longest anyone’s left a light on is 120 years; a Californian fire station has a bulb that's been constantly illuminated since 1901. (Image by Rjaerial CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Pet snails can’t travel on high speed trains in France unless they have a ticket.
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Word of the day: TUROPHILE: a lover of cheese or ‘cheese fancier’.
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The Danish phrase ‘er det hestens fødselsdag?’ (literally ‘is it the horse’s birthday?’) means ‘this rye bread is too thick for my open sandwich’.
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Bees on cocaine tend to overestimate their nectar and pollen gathering skills.
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Earlier this year, an invisible sculpture was sold for $18,030. Artist Salvatore Garau says his work should ‘activate the power of the imagination’.
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Nothing is illegal if one hundred well-placed businessmen decide to do it. ANDREW YOUNG
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Termites eat wood faster when listening to rock and heavy metal.
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There is a museum in Australia entirely dedicated to animal droppings that is called Pooseum.
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Salvador Dalí bought a castle for his wife. He would only visit if she sent him written permission.
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Plastic bottles can now be recycled to produce vanilla flavouring for food using a genetically engineered strain of E. coli bacteria.
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The Chinese giant salamander can reach almost six feet in length and seven stone (50kg) in weight, is prone to cannibalism and makes a noise like a crying baby.
(Image: Petr Hamerník)
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The Welsh for ‘July’ is Gorffennaf, which literally means ‘end of summer’.
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