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Science & Nature
Fascinating facts about physics, biology, space, geology, and the natural world.
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A Giant Space Cloud in the Milky Way Tastes Like Raspberry Rum
March 22, 2026
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Planets are Round because of Gravity. A Planet's Gravity Pulls Equally from All Sides. Gravity Pulls from the Center to the Edges Like the Spokes of a Bicycle Wheel.
January 3, 2023
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Pope Innocent VIII Was Breastfed While on His Deathbed as That Was the Only Thing He Could Eat or Drink.
January 1, 2023
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The Radiation in a Nuclear Power Plant Does Not Produce Electricity. It Heats Water Into Steam Which Runs a Turbine That Creates Electricity.
January 1, 2023
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One of the Moons of Mars Orbits Around the Red Planet Much Faster That It Rotates. It Completes an Orbit in Just 7 Hours and 39 Minutes.
December 30, 2022
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European Scientists Had Little Evidence That Birds Migrated During the Winter. It Was Not Until a Stork Returned with a Spear Made of African Wood Through its Neck That They Had Significant Proof of Long-Distance Migration.
December 30, 2022
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A Group Created a Sperm Bank Exclusively Containing the Semen of Nobel Prize Winners in Hopes of Selectively Birthing the Next Generation of Geniuses
December 30, 2022
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There is a Cosmological Model That Says Our Observable Universe is Inside a Black Hole
December 30, 2022
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There is an Unexplained Global Effect Called "The Hum," Which is Only Heard by About 2-4% of the World's Population. The Phenomenon was Recorded as Early as the 1970s.
December 30, 2022
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Scientists Found Cancer Cells in a 1.7 Million-Year-Old Foot Bone and a 2 Million-Year-Old Spine from Two Ancient Hominin Specimens in South Africa.
December 30, 2022
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JAWS 2: When the Fears of Teenagers in the Movie Were All Too Real
December 26, 2022
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Cigarette Butts are Environmentally Toxic and are Considered the Most Littered Item in the World.
December 24, 2022
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Isaac Newton was Sent Home from School to Avoid the Bubonic Plague. During This Time He Invented Calculus. He was Only 24 Years Old.
December 24, 2022
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Physicist Nikola Tesla Paid an Overdue Hotel Bill with a Box Containing a Working Model of His Death Beam. He Warned Employees Never to Open It.
December 22, 2022
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Ewa Wisnierska, a German Paraglider, Got Sucked Up by a Cumulonimbus Cloud. She Survived the Harsh Temperature and Oxygen Deprivation.
December 7, 2022
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While Both Tea and Coffee Plans Produce Caffeine, This Trait Evolved Independently.
December 5, 2022
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The Hydrangea Flower Color Changes Based on the pH in the Soil. Soil with Acidic Soil Will Sprout Blue Hydrangeas, Basic Soil Will Produce Pink Hydrangeas, and Purple Hydrangeas Will Bloom in Soil Between 5.5 and 6.5 pH.
December 4, 2022
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Medieval Myths Suggest That Salamanders are Resistant to Fire. People Believed That They were Born of Fire.
December 3, 2022
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There are Only 20 Ancient Lakes in the World, with Only Three in North America.
November 22, 2022
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Seaweeds, Like Kelp, are Not Plants. They Belong Under Kingdom Protista. Protists are a Group of Eukaryotic Organisms that are Not Classified as Animals, Plants, or Fungi.
November 20, 2022
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