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The World’s Snake-Free Continent

Ask people which parts of the world have no snakes and you will usually...
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Opossums: The Only North American Marsupial With Some Very Odd Superpowers

Grubby’s story is unusual, but the species she belonged to already stands out. The...
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10 Viral ‘Life Hacks’ That Can Actually Destroy Your Stuff (Or You)

Social media is full of “life hacks” that promise to save time, money, or...
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Why Honey Can Last For Thousands Of Years

It sounds like one of those exaggerated internet facts: archaeologists open an ancient tomb,...
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7 Bizarre Medical Conditions That Don’t Sound Real

Urban legends are full of strange ailments, from curses that turn people to stone...
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Why A Window Is A “Wind Eye”: The Strange Origin Of The Word

Most people use the word “window” every day without thinking about what it actually...
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How to Tell the Temperature by Listening to Crickets

The idea that you can estimate the temperature simply by counting cricket chirps sounds...
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Why Do Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs?

Many animals that look like crabs are not closely related at all. In fact,...
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Weird Thanksgiving Facts You Probably Did Not Know

Today we're looking at weird Thanksgiving facts you probably didn't know. For example, Plymouth...
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A Typical Cloud Can Weigh As Much As 100 Elephants

Clouds look weightless when they drift overhead, which makes it surprising to learn that...
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7 Weird Laws That Are (Apparently) Still on the Books

Every so often, a bizarre law goes viral online: "Wait, is it really illegal to...
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The “Jacuzzi of Despair” and Other Deep-Sea Lakes That Kill Almost Everything

At the bottom of the ocean, there are lakes inside the sea: dense, salty pools...
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Strange Literary Coincidences That Still Puzzle Scholars

Writers often draw inspiration from real events, but every now and then a story...
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Bizarre Optical Phenomena You Can See With the Naked Eye

Optical illusions aren’t just for science textbooks. Nature creates its own strange visual tricks...
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The Adventurer Who Crossed The Atlantic Ocean In A Barrel

Most people who cross the Atlantic Ocean do it on an airplane or a...
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From Fortune to Flea Market: The Gen-X Collections Nobody Wants Anymore

For Boomers and Gen-X kids, collecting things was practically a rite of passage. Whether...

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