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Many of us begin a new year hoping to become better versions of ourselves. Some aim to improve their health, others focus on personal goals, and of course, expanding our knowledge is always a win. 

That’s why today we’ve compiled a collection of random and wonderfully weird facts from a popular Facebook page. Some are surprising, some are amusing, and all of them are worth a moment of your attention. Keep scrolling to discover facts that might just stick with you.

#1

Close-up of an Amur tigress with her five cubs captured by camera traps showing interesting facts about rare wildlife.

Five cubs. One mother. A biological miracle.
For the first time in history, camera traps in China captured an Amur tigress traveling with 5 healthy cubs. This species was nearly extinct decades ago.
Nature is healing. One tiger family at a time.
Source: Wildlife Conservation Society

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Multa Nocte
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3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That photo is AI garbage. I will include an actual photo from the camera trap below.

Daisydaisy
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4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Nature is healing" is a wild claim at this point in history. There are a few good news stories here and there, but on the whole nature is facing catastrophic decline rather than "healing"

UnclePanda
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3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The day I said "Oh shitt" six times simultaneously.

Floeckchen
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3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's because the image is AI slop. For the real photo look at the first reply to Multa Nocte's top post

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Bill Swallow
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3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Captures *an Image of* a rare tiger', if you want to be pedantic.

A. Br.
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3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor girl has got alot of work ahead of her.

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    #2

    Microscopic view of bacteria linked to endometriosis inside female reproductive system, highlighting new medical discoveries.

    For years doctors blamed hormones. Turns out bacteria might be the real cause.
    Researchers found Fusobacterium linked to endometriosis lesions. Antibiotics reduced growth and pain in early tests.
    Still early. But millions of women are watching closely.
    Shared for informational purposes only.
    Source: Nagoya University

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    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That AI generated picture is a monstrosity.

    The Other Guest
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you're telling me that my brea‍sts *aren't* supported by my fallopian tubes?

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    howdylee
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PLEASE keep an eye on it! Big Pharma/Insurance hears that there's something out there that might help, they'll buy out the patent and bury it so they can keep making money on pain and suffering!

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    howdylee 1/2: that's not how it works. Really. Current treatment for endometriosis is painkillers, which are mostly cheap generic medicines. "Big pharma" simply doesn't do much research into antibiotics any more because there's little profit to be made - new antibiotics are those intended to be used as a last resort, so sales have to be small. In this case: fusobacterium has been identified in "64% of individuals affected by endometriosis" with a "prevalence of under 10% in females not afflicted by the condition". Also: "this bacterium has been painstakingly pinpointed within the endometrial lining". Research has shown that existing antibiotics are effective in treating endometriosis in mice. Obvious this is no use for the 36% of women endometriosis sufferers without fusobacterium infection, but it's still hopeful.

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Fusobacterium infection facilitates the development of endometriosis through the phenotypic transition of endometrial fibroblasts". "Fusobacterium was found in the endometrium and endometrial lesions of [64%] of patients with endometriosis, but only 7% of controls" Source: Science translational medicine. Full abstract freely available at the link following.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago

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    https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.add1531 "Fusobacterium infection facilitates the development of endometriosis through the phenotypic transition of endometrial fibroblasts"

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    Yayheterogeneity
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am very sorry, but they mixed up endometritis and endometriosis...

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yayheterogeneity: I did a search for "endometritis fusobacterium". The research definitely links fusobacterium to endometriosis: "this specific bacterium has emerged as a prominent player, having been identified in a substantial 64% of individuals affected by endometriosis." Next post is the link to a letter published in J Midlife Health, 2024 Jul 5;15(2):131–132. "Unraveling Endometriosis: Is Fusobacterium the Culprit for Endometriosis"

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    CloPotato
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would so watch a horror movie where a bacteria changes people's uterus into this absolute monstrosity.

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    #3

    Injectable oxygen foam syringe next to a smoking human figure with visible lungs illustrating interesting facts.

    No lungs required. Oxygen delivered straight to your blood.
    Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital developed an injectable foam packed with microscopic oxygen bubbles. It bypasses the lungs entirely and delivers oxygen directly into tissues.
    This could buy 15 to 30 critical minutes during drowning, asthma attacks, or airway blockage. Enough time to save a life.
    Source: Boston Children's Hospital / Science Translational Medicine

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    BrunoVI
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can keep you alive long enough until you reach the space aliens at the bottom of the ocean. Not necessarily a one-way trip. But still keep the wedding ring as +1 armor.

    Eleven Seventy Seven
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...during drowning? Let me just whip out my oxygen foam filled syringe whilst I drown.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Boston Children's Hospital says: "Sometimes, hypoxemia caused by airway obstruction or lung disease can be so severe that methods to boost low-oxygen levels (including the placement of a breathing tube) are ineffective. A patient can have cardiac arrest, potentially leading to severe organ damage. Research has shown that as many as 40 percent of in-hospital cardiac arrests are triggered by low-oxygen levels."

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Oxygen delivered straight to your blood." But you get a note from DoorDash that the foam was out of stock, so they substituted it with drain cleaner because that was the only thing available that was the same price. (That will be a mandatory 25% tip.)

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The new gas carrier is a microbubble that’s engineered with a solid-like polymer shell which, after being triggered by blood pH, dissolves into tiny soluble molecules that can then be excreted from the body. That makeup keeps the drúg stable in storage and allows it to be injected during critical situations such as cardiac arrest." and “Injecting gas into your bloodstream is considered a horrible idea, and people would be afraid of that as a solution on its own,” Peng says. “But as long as that bubble dissolves quickly, you can actually inject a lot.” and "There are a lot of other gases we can put in and there are a lot of other medical situations suitable for a focused amount of gas delivery. " Boston Children's Hospital. Link follows.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    https://answers.childrenshospital.org/injected-microbubbles-could-be-a-safe-way-to-deliver-emergency-oxygen/

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    Seadog
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After 2020 I don't trust anything injectable.

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    All the facts in this post are fascinating, and yes, your brain really can remember them all. We tend to underestimate our memory, like it’s a small notebook that fills up fast. In reality, it’s closer to a massive library that keeps expanding. Every day, your brain quietly stores faces, sounds, skills, and random trivia without you even noticing. That ability is built into how the brain is wired. Forgetfulness isn’t about running out of space. It’s usually just about organization and attention.

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    #4

    Two women sleeping, with an illustration of a brain highlighting differences in sleep needs and brain activity facts.

    It's not laziness. It's biology.
    Studies show women's brains multitask more and use more neural pathways. That extra workload means more recovery time needed at night.
    She's not oversleeping. Her brain just ran harder than yours.
    Shared for informational purposes only.
    Source: Sleep Research

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    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh dear. This is going to lead to some snarky comments, isn't it? ;-)

    MontanaMariner
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a fella and I don't doubt this at all. My lady is brilliant and I'm a dofus.

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    nicholas nolan
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    Yeah, I have no doubt that their brains work harder, but multitasking is a myth. One we need to k**l. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7075496/ It's just switching tasks. "Being a good multitasker" is HR hiring language for "we want to exploit you, but faster."

    Lee Gilliland
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why we're exhausted after the holidays.

    keyboardtek
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And researchers have found musician's brains are much more active and have more interconnections than non musicians.

    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a guy with guy in my username, I ain't touching this one!

    BK BigFish
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this also why teenagers need more sleep than pre-teens?

    DB
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    No. It's because their jaw muscles and vocal cords need to rest.

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    #5

    Young extinct date palm grown from 2,000-year-old seeds, showcasing an interesting fact you may rethink.

    This tree hasn’t existed since the Roman Empire. Until now.
    Archaeologists germinated 2,000-year-old seeds from the Judean Desert. The resulting date palm, named Methuselah, is now growing and producing fruit.
    A taste from antiquity brought back to life.
    Source: Science Advances

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are the Methuselah's seeds true to its parent? Or what the eng name is for this? Edit true to seed?

    Papa
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to Wikipedia the first one that germinated was a male plant, but several later ones produced female trees, and at least one of them was pollinated with pollen from the male tree, and the resulting seeds have also germinated.

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    UnclePanda
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While a marvel, I'm greatly dismayed about all the weed seeds I'm hoping will d*****f over the years. My anticipated timeline may need adjustment.

    Juls
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is its name Audrey II?

    Lee Gilliland
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We also have a kind of wheat that hasn't grown since Egyptian times. It seems to have been raised for beer.

    azubi
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it's extinct, there is likely a reason.

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    #6

    Micro pacemaker the size of a rice grain shown on a finger next to a syringe in a medical setting for interesting facts.

    Heart surgery is about to become an injection.
    Researchers developed a pacemaker so small it fits inside a syringe needle. No incision. No operating room. It gets injected directly under the skin.
    When you don't need it anymore, it dissolves harmlessly inside your body. No second surgery.
    One tiny shot. Temporary protection. Then gone.
    Source: Nature

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    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "It dissolves harmlessly when you don't need it any more"? What keeps it from dissolving while you still need it?

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Not needed any more" means the vendor shut down the authentication servers.

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    Rick Murray
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh dear, this is going to be food for the vaccination/5G conspiracy nuts, isn't it?

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From Northwestern University: "the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects." "the pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible, wireless, wearable device that mounts onto a patient’s chest to control pacing. When the wearable device detects an irregular heartbeat, it automatically shines a light pulse to activate the pacemaker. These short pulses— which penetrate through the patient’s skin, breastbone and muscles — control the pacing. Designed for patients who only need temporary pacing, the pacemaker simply dissolves after it’s no longer needed. All the pacemaker’s components are biocompatible, so they naturally dissolve into the body’s biofluids, bypassing the need for surgical extraction." Link follows.

    Hippopotamuses
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you for the reasearched explanation. Now it makes sense.

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    Eggwodd
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The smaller the item, the more expensive - so why aren't I getting paid more????

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who decides when you don't need it anymore? In the US, that's probably some cost-cutting drudge working for your health insurance provider, rather than your body or your doctor.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lotekguy: it's a medical decision whether you need a permanent or temporary pacemaker. Medics won't give you a temporary pacemaker if you need a permanent one. That'd be unethical. A medical insurance company, such firms having no regard for ethics, might deny you a permanent pacemaker, but that's a different matter.

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    Seadog
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One tiny shot? Really? And where do you buy your rice? Anything the size of a rice grain is going to take a very large needle and it's going to hurt like hell. (yes, better than surgery but certainly not the picnic being described) I worked with an asbestos lung victim and he had to have fluid drawn off his lungs every year, a needle that left a hole large enough to require a bandage but not big enough to pass a grain of rice. (No, I never saw it but he told me about it in great detail. Something I hate to even imagine enduring)

    tameson
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    This story is true. Here is more information: https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/04/02/worlds-smallest-pacemaker-is-activated-by-light/ .

    Laura Lawson
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not how pacemakers work! They are basically a small defibrillator planted on your heart & when your heart starts beating irregularly or slows, it shocks you. It's not as big of a shock as a defib but enough to get things going.

    Yayheterogeneity
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another b******t content. I'm sorry people these are all ia generated bs facts...

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tameson: I suggest that you provide your helpful comments without a link, then add a second comment post containing just the link. The reason is that Bored Panda automatically hides and downvotes comments with links in them. If you make a comment without a link, it'll remain visible, and people will know to unhide the following comment. This particular story was released by Northwestern University on 2nd April 2025 - if they'd put it out the day before, no-one would have believed it. From tameson's link: "World’s smallest pacemaker is activated by light Tiny device can be inserted with a syringe, then dissolves after it’s no longer needed". Tameson's link follows.

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    The human brain’s memory capacity is staggering when you look at the science behind it. Researchers estimate that the average adult brain can store trillions of bytes of information. To put that in perspective, that’s far beyond the storage of most personal computers. In one Stanford study, scientists focused on the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain responsible for thinking, perception, and memory. They found that it contains around 125 trillion synapses. That’s not cells, just the connections between them.

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    Lion emitting a silent roar with sound waves, showcasing interesting facts that may make you rethink common animal behavior.

    Lions have a secret frequency we never detected.
    AI acoustic analysis revealed lions emit ultra-low infrasound “roars” inaudible to humans. This silent signal lets prides coordinate hunts across 5 miles without alerting prey.
    They’ve been communicating in silence the whole time.
    Source: Animal Behaviour

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    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Communicating in silence" is something Họmo Sapiens needs to work on.

    Kelly Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correction: it's something Trump needs to work on.

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    Eleven Seventy Seven
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ....and here is me saying "oh, big kitty yawn" meanwhile he is gathering his pals for a feast!

    Lee Gilliland
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Elephants communicate subsonically too.

    Robert T
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a vast spectra of sound and light that humans can't see or hear. It's not that long ago that we couldn't "hear" bats - until someone made a device to reduce the frequencies to our hearing range. Same with light - infrared and ultraviolet are used by both plants and animals to communicate and we can't see either without special equipment.

    UnclePanda
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sentence was inherently wrong when it was typed: Lions have a secret frequency we never detected.

    Foxglove🇮🇪
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I doubt scientists have overlooked this, we've known for years that elephants communicate via infrasound. Elephants and lions share the same habitat, ergo listening for elephants is likely to show up lions too - and anything else that communicates that way.

    martymcmatrix
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Listen, infrasound is a real thing and it can pretty mess you up a lot...🙉

    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Infrasound is one of the few things that puts me immediately on edge. I live in an earthquate zone.

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    Sarah Baker
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well. it wouldn't be from a maned lion. Only the females hunt... durrr

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sarah Baker: "A common misconception suggests male lions do not participate in hunting, relying solely on lionesses for food. While females are often observed as primary hunters, male lions are capable and active hunters. They play a significant role in the pride’s sustenance and survival, with hunting behaviors adapted to their distinct physical attributes and social responsibilities." link follows.

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    #8

    Blue macaws featured in Rio were extinct but have interesting facts about their return to the wild.

    They were gone for nearly 20 years. Now they're flying free again.
    Spix's macaws disappeared from the wild in the early 2000s due to habitat destruction and trafficking. Only captive birds remained.
    After decades of breeding and habitat restoration, they've officially been reintroduced. Extinction isn't always permanent.
    Source: Institute for Conservation of Tropical Environments

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    Daisydaisy
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Extinction IS permanent! The species was extinct IN THE WILD.

    Hippopotamuses
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. It's a headline grapping statement from someone who obviously doesn't know what the word 'extinct' actually means.

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    Marie
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not looking too good. "The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot, which were recently returned to their natural habitat, have been diagnosed with an incurable, likely lethal virus, Brazil's government told AFP Thursday." AFP 25/11/2025

    Voidified
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sphix macaw not Hycanith, that photo is incorrect. And also, once something is extinct it is PERMANANTLY gone, so this should say extinct in the WILD.EDIT: The sphix macaw went extinct not the hycanith which is the blue one shown in the picture.

    Kyle Simonson
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What you're neglecting to mention is that it takes a near miracle and a LOT of money to bring back what we've destroyed.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kyle Simonson: hmm. Often a lot of money and a lot of time, but not necessarily a "near miracle". The Thames in London had lost almost all of its life by the early 19th century, wiped out by pollution. The clean-up started with the construction of the London sewers (1865) and continued for well over a century. The Thames in London was still mostly dead when I was born (industrial pollution continued to be a problem). Now, it's not - the water isn't regarded as safe for swimming, but it's got high enough oxygen and low enough pollution that normal river life has returned.

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    Pancreas with stem cells and glucose meter illustrating interesting facts about stem cell therapy and diabetes.

    No injections. No pumps. Just cells doing what they were built to do.
    Chinese researchers implanted stem cells programmed to produce insulin. Some patients maintained stable blood sugar for months without external help.
    Still early. But this targets the cause, not the symptoms.
    Shared for informational purposes only.
    Source: Chinese Academy of Sciences / Diabetes Research

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    Brian Droste
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I first glanced at the picture, whatever organ that is supposed to be in the picture, it look like some form of chicken nugget to me.

    Michael None
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They'll have that popcorn lung from earlier fixed in no time.

    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something else in which the United States falls behind because our idiotic politicians oppose cutting-edge research that their fanatical religious and/or uninformed fan base objects to for non-scientific reasons.

    pipboo
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They can replace the calls which secrete insulin using stem cells, but as diabetes 1 is an autoimmune disease the killer T white blood cells will only destroy them again. Research needs to tackle the cause.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pipboo: the trial I've found out about involved Type 2 diabetes. "The 59-year-old man, who had Type 2 diabetes for 25 years, has been completely weaned off insulin for 33 months, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital announced on May 7. A paper about the medical breakthrough, achieved after more than a decade of endeavor by a team of doctors at the hospital, was published on the website of the journal Cell Discovery on April 30. It is the first reported instance in the world of a case of diabetes with severely impaired pancreatic islet function being cured via stem cell-derived autologous, regenerative islet transplantation, the hospital said. The most common pancreatic islet cells produce insulin." Link follows.

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    Seadog
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stem cells are amazing and yet so many people oppose their use. I'll never understand it.

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    Neurons are the brain’s messengers, constantly sending signals back and forth. Synapses act like tiny bridges, allowing those messages to cross from one neuron to another. Another study estimated that a single synapse can store about 4.7 bits of information. That might sound small, but the numbers add up fast. When billions of neurons are connected by trillions of synapses, the brain becomes incredibly efficient. It’s less like a filing cabinet and more like a living network.

    #10

    Moth drinking tears from a sleeping bird’s eye, an interesting fact that may make you rethink what you understood.

    Some moths don’t drink nectar. They drink tears.
    In Madagascar, moths sneak up on sleeping birds and insert their proboscis directly into the bird’s eye to extract tears. They need the salt.
    The bird stays asleep. The moth gets its fix. Nature is unsettling.
    Source: Ecology and Evolution

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are not sleeping, they are sad because of mean Moths! "You fleabag!" 😢

    amy lee
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or maybe they're drinking away their sadness.

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    Miles Mawyer
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    SEE HONEY! It's Nature! (My girlfriend thinks it's creepy when I do this.)

    #11

    Colorful octopus changing camouflage patterns while sleeping, showcasing interesting facts that may make you rethink understanding.

    A study found that octopuses rapidly change skin color and texture while sleeping, cycling through patterns used for camouflage when awake. Scientists believe this behavior resembles a REM like sleep state where the brain replays recent experiences. The discovery suggests complex neural activity during sleep in one of the ocean’s most intelligent animals.

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    Hippopotamuses
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If we ever find life on other planets, I expect it to be like these guys. Truly amazing creatures.

    Sarah Baker
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are so lovely but lead very short lives

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    #12

    Close-up of a fish-gill filter engineered to remove microplastics from washing machines for environmental impact.

    Fish gills inspired a plastic-catching breakthrough.
    Engineers in Germany developed a filter that mimics how fish gills work. It removes 99% of microplastics from washing machine water without ever clogging.
    Nature already solved the problem. We just copied it.
    Source: University of Bonn / Environmental Science

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    michael Chock
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It says something sad about the fish who struggle with this in the ocean.

    Michael None
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cool, now get it out of my food.

    Cuppa tea?
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great, so after the filter is full, just empty it into communal waste.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cuppa tea? The idea is that the microplastics could be pressed into a large plastic lump - a pellet that could be removed by hand and sent to landfill. In any case, better that the microplastics get sent to landfill in any form than sent straight out into the natural water cycle. Or, as happens with modern wastewater treatment plants, caught in sludge and spread on fields as fertilizer. See my link to the University of Bonn article.

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    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it doesn't clog someone has to be cleaning or replacing it, then what happens to it?

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    University of Bonn: "The microplastics that it filters out of the washing water collect in the filter outlet and are then suctioned away several times a minute. According to the researcher, who has now moved to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, they could then, for example, be pressed in the machine to remove the remaining water. The plastic pellet created in this manner could then be removed every few dozen washes and disposed of with general waste." link follows.

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    When you run the math, the scale becomes almost unreal. Take 125 trillion synapses and multiply them by 4.7 bits each. That comes out to roughly several hundred trillion bits of storage. Since about one trillion bytes equals one terabyte, the human brain is often estimated to rival dozens of terabytes of memory. And unlike a hard drive, it’s constantly reorganizing itself.

    #13

    Woman using nasal drops with glowing brain illustration and inset image of a mouse, highlighting interesting facts about brain tumor treatment.

    No scalpel. No drilling. Just drops up the nose.
    Scientists loaded nanoparticles with DNA that woke up the brain's immune system. Cold tumors turned hot. The cancer vanished. And the immune system remembered.
    Still early. But this could change everything.
    Source: Washington University / Northwestern University

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    A. Br.
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You didn't add that the Scientists gave them the cancers to begin with.

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scientific research involves *controlled* trials. I have no problem with this. Try it first on a situation that you know completely, thoroughly, and if that works, move on to trials on normally occurring tumors to see if it works in the general case.

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    #14

    Vaping device with smoking lungs and text about permanent lung damage, highlighting interesting facts about health risks.

    They call it popcorn lung. Once you have it, it's forever.
    Heated vape chemicals destroy lung tissue in ways that don't heal. Most were never tested for inhalation.
    The damage is real. And it's completely preventable.
    Shared for informational purposes only.
    Source: Pulmonary Health Research

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    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? Sucking chemicals into your lungs might be bad? Why did no one ever think of this?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Multa Nocte: funny thing is, this isn't news to anyone. "Vaping damages young people’s lungs as much as smoking, study suggests" and "‘When I see kids vaping, I warn them: that’s what k****d my daughter’" and "It is telling that studies published by the e-cigarette and tobacco industry are approximately 90 times more likely to find that e-cigarettes cause no harm than those published without such conflicts of interest.” and "for the first time in 30 years, the youth smoking rate has increased in Canada, with e-cigarettes being the suspected cause. [...] E-cigarettes are smoking initiation devices" Links follow.

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    Norfolk and good
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Inhaling anything other than air is bad. Vaping hasn't been around long enough yet to know the long term effects such as lung cancer, COPD. I suspect that they'll be a lot of deaths caused by vaping in about 10-20 years.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Norfolk and good: vaping's been around long enough for the short-term harms to have been identified. Many vapes release known toxins such as lead (from the heating element), and none of the carrier fluids or flavourings have been properly tested for harm in humans. Vaping's also linked to an increase in smoking. Basically, kids start on vapes and many then progress on to smoking real cigarettes. I've put some links in another comment in this thread.

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    Unicorn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's permanent, and yet it can't be reversed. Who'da thought it?

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a minor semantic quibble. 'Permanent' - Doesn't heal naturally; lasts forever if untreated. 'Irreversible' - Sorry, can't be treated, either.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So can smoking, and it really doesn't matter what you're smoking.

    Papa
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the point of the disclaimer: "Shared for informational purposes only"?

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Based on study performed at the University of Duu-uh.

    Jared C
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Popcorn lung is from inhaling oils. Vape liquids do not contain the oils. Some people add flavored oils to their vape liquid., usually homemade vape liquid made by inexperienced people.

    Kelly Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    World is way overpopulated. If a few Darwin contenders want to fight it out with the anti-vaxxers for the most-promising-to-die, who are we to interfere?

    DB
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How much lung damage does smoking m*******a cause?

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    #15

    Woman pirate Ching Shih commanding 80,000 sailors challenges historical facts in interesting pirate history.

    Forget Blackbeard. The greatest pirate ever was a woman.
    Ching Shih started as a prostitute. She ended commanding the Red Flag Fleet. Over 1,800 ships. More than 80,000 sailors. A navy that defeated the Chinese imperial fleet.
    The wildest part? She's the only major pirate who retired peacefully. Full pardon. Kept her fortune. [Passed away] running a gambling house.
    The real king of the seas was a queen.
    Source: National Geographic History

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    Kiki Likes Sweets
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice AI image of a European woman 🙄

    Hippopotamuses
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd think someone would have made the effort.......

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    Laura Gillette
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She also forbade the men under her command from rap!ing female captives. Those who did were executed.

    Words From Infinity
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s the kind of government we are going to be creating.

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    Michael Largey
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Henry Morgan was a very major pirate who retired peacefully. After he left piracy, he was knighted, served as a colonial governor, and died the modern equivalent of a millionaire.

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How has this bio not been a movie yet? Michelle Yeoh should have done this years ago.

    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a.k.a captain Jane Sparrow ;-)

    Jnausicaa
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her head covering resembles Astro Boy hair.

    FreeTheUnicorn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surely if you lead 80k sailors you're not a pirate but the leader of a people.

    Michael Largey
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Walmart has over two million employees, but those employees don't comprise a separate people. The customers, on the other hand, certainly do.

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    And that’s not all — your brain is basically a powerhouse wrapped in fat. In fact, about 60 percent of it is made up of fat, making it the fattiest organ in your entire body. That’s not a bad thing at all. Those fats help your brain cells communicate quickly and efficiently. Think of them as high-quality insulation for your mental wiring. This is why what you eat matters more than you think. Healthy fats help your brain stay sharp, focused, and energized.

    #16

    Close-up of a newly discovered giant stick bug the size of a human forearm illustrating interesting facts.

    It’s 15 inches long. And it hid for centuries.
    Australian scientists found a new species of stick bug the size of a forearm. It survived undetected by perfectly mimicking a large tree branch.
    Something that big was invisible this whole time. Camouflage taken to the extreme.
    Source: Australian Journal of Entomology

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    Ian Webling
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bug. 15 inches. Of course Australia.

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They use the forearm for measurement because the bug ate the banana in one swallow.

    Kelly Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe we should send Trump to Australia.

    Seadog
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't need to look that far. I saw one in Virginia in the 80's that was at least 12" long. I had no idea how rare that was at the time.

    Jnausicaa
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Big a$$ Australian bug and it's not venomous or a danger to humans?

    Unicorn
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    Size of a forearm? Perfectly mimicking? Joke.

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    #17

    Narwhal underwater playing with fish using tusks, showcasing interesting facts that may make you rethink things.

    We thought narwhal tusks were for fighting or sensing water.
    New aerial footage shows them gently poking and flipping fish with their massive tusks. They aren't hunting. Researchers believe it's pure entertainment.
    The ocean's most mysterious tooth is actually a giant toy.
    Source: Marine Mammal Science

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    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet in the AI generated pic the whale is poking the fish's eye out.

    My O My
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's fun for narwhales to poke fish in the eyes though!

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    Nicole Weymann
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A giant pole of a "toy" and no innuendo comments yet??

    Val
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Playing? It looks like it's poking the fish's eye out.

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    #18

    Green Jay and Blue Jay perched on branches illustrating interesting facts that may make you rethink bird species separation.

    This wasn't supposed to happen.
    Scientists identified a "Grue Jay," the first-ever hybrid between a Green Jay and Blue Jay. These species have been evolving separately for 7 million years.
    Two long-lost relatives just created something entirely new.
    Source: Audubon Society

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm tempted to make a joke about 'Of course - Texas wouldn't let them end the pregnancy', but I'll settle for returning to the early days of computer gaming and Zork's running gag, "You have been eaten by a Grue". Who knew it was a bird?

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The new 'Shaded Spruce Jay' emerges?

    Bored Seb
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    blue + green, they could have named it emerald jay. nicer than grue...

    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looking further into the DNA, they discovered that the green jay was the product of mating between a blue jay and a yellow Jay.

    Words From Infinity
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s the coolest thing I’ve heard all week! In fact, it’s the coolest thing I’ve heard all year.

    Your brain also takes its time growing up. It isn’t fully developed until around age 25, which explains a lot about those early adult years. Brain development starts in the back and slowly moves forward. The final area to mature is the frontal lobe. This is the part responsible for planning, decision-making, and reasoning things through. So if younger people sometimes act before thinking, there’s science behind it. The brain is still finishing its construction project.

    #19

    Vegetarian piranha named after Sauron shown eating plants with interesting facts that make you rethink common beliefs.

    It has the eye of the dark lord but eats like a salad lover.
    A new Pacu fish discovered in the Amazon has a black stripe that looks exactly like the Eye of Sauron. Despite the villainous name Myloplus sauron, it strictly eats plants.
    Evolution has a sense of humor.
    Source: Neotropical Ichthyology

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    MalayDragon
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not Sauron... That's the Mouth of Sauron.

    Mel in Georgia
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm posting a pic of the actual fish being referred to in my reply.

    Mel in Georgia
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    https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ixin14-exp3-42-female.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_653,w_1160,c_fill/f_avif

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    Unicorn
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Piranhas have been described as "opportunist carnivores": it depends on what's available, and also varies with the time of year.

    A. Br.
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks J.R.R.Tolkien for all the nightmares and Heroes of my youth

    UnclePanda
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those look like the teeth of a predator. Plants don't usually try to escape their fate.

    Danielle Hardesty
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They showed a Piranha but mentioned a Pacu, not the same fish, Pacu have disturbingly human like teeth.

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    Phantom Phoenix
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh Evolution! You and your clever use of a LOTR reference! Are there limits to your pop culture knowledge to humorously use for humorous evolutionary designs with your sense of humour? /s

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    #20

    Man holding a wild African bird that guides humans to beehives in exchange for wax, showcasing interesting facts.

    In parts of Africa honeyguide birds have evolved a rare partnership with humans by leading them to hidden beehives. After people collect the honey the birds feed on the leftover wax which they cannot access alone. This cooperation shows how animal intelligence and human behavior can shape each other over time.

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    Cee Cee
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These clever birds also change their call to let humans know when they're getting close to the hive. Not sure I'd want to tangle with African bees!

    Mike F
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why the birds get the crazy humans to deal with the bees.

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    Nicole Weymann
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Humans - and honey badgers, as I learned waaaay back on "Animals are Beautiful People"

    Words From Infinity
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my god, something is seriously wrong with my brain today. I thought that said the birds do this in trade for earwax!

    #21

    Ancient Roman concrete self-healing over centuries, revealing interesting facts that may make you rethink understanding.

    The Pantheon has stood for 2,000 years. Now we know why.
    Researchers found raw Roman concrete ingredients at an unfinished Pompeii site. The secret? Volcanic ash that triggers a chemical reaction over time, sealing cracks automatically.
    The concrete doesn't decay. It gets stronger.
    Source: MIT / Science Advances

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    Unicorn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Romans used quicklime rather than slaked lime.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The actual "magic" ingredient in Roman concrete is the combination of quicklime and volcanic dust called pozzolana. Wikipedia says: "The strength and longevity of Roman 'marine' concrete is understood to benefit from a reaction of seawater with a mixture of volcanic ash and quicklime to create a rare crystal called tobermorite, which may resist fracturing. As seawater percolated within the tiny cracks in the Roman concrete, it reacted with phillipsite naturally found in the volcanic rock and created aluminous tobermorite crystals. The result is a candidate for "the most durable building material in human history". In contrast, modern concrete exposed to saltwater deteriorates within decades"

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    Laura Gillette
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought we had known this for years, but builders don't do it because it's too expensive

    BK BigFish
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    .. or planned obsolescence (why would you build something that lasts forever?)

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    howdylee
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they used salt water, not potable water

    Facefullopubes
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember seeing this on a programme in the 80's, so not exactly new.

    Jnausicaa
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These Romans are crazy smart.

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    Despite everything it does, the brain runs on about 20 watts of power. That’s roughly the same energy needed to light up a small bulb. All that nonstop activity means it needs regular downtime. Sleep is when the brain cleans up, strengthens connections, and keeps important pathways in shape. Without enough rest, those systems start to lag. Good sleep isn’t a luxury; it’s essential maintenance. Your brain works best when it’s well rested.

    #22

    Deep-sea zombie worms consuming whale bones in ocean floor, an intriguing interesting fact about nature and mysteries.

    They were everywhere. Now they're gone.
    Osedax worms swarm whale carcasses and devour the bones. But a 2025 deep-sea expedition found them completely missing from their usual habitats.
    Something changed in the deep ocean. We don't know what.
    Source: Deep-Sea Research

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    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whale falls can provide environments and nutrition for smaller sea creatures for upwards of 50+ years.

    driedgrapes
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're responsible for many extinctions, it should not be too difficult to pin this one on us, too.

    #23

    Dark oxygen discovery on ocean floor challenges common understanding of underwater ecosystems and science facts.

    Oxygen without sunlight. It shouldn't be possible. But it's happening.
    Researchers discovered metallic nodules on the deep seafloor that split water and release oxygen like batteries. No photosynthesis required.
    Life in the deep ocean may not depend on the sun at all. We've been wrong about how oxygen works down there.
    Source: Nature Geoscience

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also Oligarchs: "ooo! Free precious metals!" *destroyed ecosystem *

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Turn 'em loose on Horta Eggs. They'll get what they deserve.

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    #24

    Mini T-Rex dinosaur depicted with facts that may make you rethink things you thought you understood.

    For years, scientists argued Nanotyrannus was just a teenage T. rex.
    New microscopic analysis of a fossil's hyoid bone settled the debate. These were fully-grown pygmy tyrannosaurs.
    The king of dinosaurs just got a terrifying little cousin.
    Source: Journal of Paleontology

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    Kelly Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still can't compete with the absolute terrors we have today called "children".

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    DB
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I shall call him mini T.

    Mike F
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want one. I promise I'll feed him and take him for walks and clean up after him...

    A Jones
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was thinking about the evolutionary path of the T-Rex and how they gotten so big like last night.

    UnclePanda
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trex always referred to him as Gnosh.

    And finally, your brain has an incredible sense of smell. It can recognize and remember more than 50,000 different scents. That’s why a single smell can instantly bring back a memory from years ago. Scent is deeply tied to emotion and memory in the brain. It’s faster and more powerful than sight or sound when it comes to recall. One whiff can transport you to another time and place. Your brain never forgets a good smell.

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    #25

    Man interacting with a cat indoors highlighting interesting facts that may make you rethink things you thought you understood.

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    Surly Scot
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Google: "a recent study published in Ethology found that cats meow more frequently and louder at male owners compared to female owners, suggesting they adapt their vocalizations to get attention, possibly because men are perceived as responding less or needing clearer signals". Does this mean nagging is cross-species?

    Nicole Weymann
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah! Stop nagging! If a man says he'll fix the plumbing then he WILL fix the plumbing! There's no need to come at him about it every three weeks! /S The study did also state that "men are perceived as responding less or needing clearer signals", so pretty much the only way out seems to be to shut up and passive aggressively do whatever it is themselves - and then have men complain that their partners are standoffish, don't have time for them, and are no fun. (sorry, rant over, but it hit a sore spot) Jokes aside: We're all individuals in the end - even the cats.

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    Kitty Litter
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The reason apparently is due to men being less reactive, the cat has to put in more effort to get the desired response from men

    Nicole Weymann
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Manipulation" sonds somewhat negative. Technically every communication is "manipulation", because you cause someone else's behaviour to change - even if only by hearing you and then ignoring you. The cats likely do whatever proves to have the most effective result at a minimum of effort, and then stick to it, i.e. "learn". When the minimum doesn't work they up the scales, as is customary in every kind of communication.

    Gingersnap In Iowa
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Baby girl, cat empress of the house, says this is absolutely true. She does mEoW more at my son than at me.

    Sam Trudeau
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not my cats when I was a kid. They always wanted to chat with Mom

    UnclePanda
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cats are virtually silent. I don't think I do anything directly to cause it, but I'm not complaining.

    Pferdchen
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife feeds our cats yet when they're hungry, they bug me and not my wife.

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    #26

    Platypus with no stomach shown, esophagus connects directly to intestines, highlighting interesting facts about animal digestion.

    An unusual characteristic of the platypus is the complete lack of a digestive sac that secretes acid. Evolution suggests this organ was lost because its diet—soft-bodied invertebrates—does not require the intense chemical processing that strong stomach acid provides. This unique anatomy makes the platypus, already famous for its bill and venom, an even stranger anomaly in the mammalian world and a perfect example of evolutionary adaptation to a specific niche diet.

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    Greymom
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well they ARE put together from spare parts. They were all out of stomachs that day!

    KDS
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah who knew Mother Nature had such a sense of humor.

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    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why you never have to take your pet platypus to the vet for acid reflux symptoms. A real money saver.

    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Monotremes are just really old mammals that survived. We're the weird new mammels, hehe.

    My O My
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So a default gastric bypass

    roepi
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They just get weirder with every new factiod I read.

    #27

    Ancient 3,000-year-old wooden prosthetic toe found on Egyptian mummy showcasing early functional prosthetic design.

    The "Cairo Toe," crafted from wood and leather, shows wear patterns consistent with regular use, proving it was a functional device intended to help the wearer walk, long before the advent of modern orthopedics. Dating back to between 950 and 710 BCE, this incredible find demonstrates that ancient Egyptian medicine possessed sophisticated knowledge of anatomy and had the compassion and skill to improve physical mobility for its citizens.

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    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had to look at the first line twice before I realized it WASN'T "camel toe".

    Lee Gilliland
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is difficult to walk and run without a big toe.

    Ravenkbh
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What function does a big toe have?

    Jg1212
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They help keep you balanced

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    Del
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was the platypus after a rough night

    Words From Infinity
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At first glance I thought it was a prosthetic heart. 😂

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    Well, the human brain truly is a wonder — just like the fascinating facts you’ve just read. Which of these facts surprised you the most, or made you stop and think for a moment? Share your thoughts in the comments and let us know which one stuck with you.

    #28

    Glowing impossible crystal in 4.5 billion year old meteorite challenging physics facts and surprising scientific discoveries

    This crystal follows patterns but never repeats. That shouldn't exist in nature.
    Scientists found a "quasicrystal" inside the Khatyrka meteorite. Its atomic structure defies the rules we thought governed all matter.
    It's 4.5 billion years old. Formed before Earth existed. And it's still challenging everything we know about physics.
    Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Five bucks says it does *not* actually 'break the laws of physics'.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bill Swallow: quasicrystals break the "Crystallographic restriction theorem" which was never a fundamental law of physics but an observation that "the rotational symmetries of a crystal are usually limited to 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, and 6-fold." There's a lot of stuff out there on the subject, most of which whooshes far over my head.

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All that trouble to create an AI image and they still manage to s***w up the label: "Impossile"

    UnclePanda
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    https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-might-have-finally-figured-out-where-the-rarest-crystals-on-earth-formed quasicryst...b5dbb7.jpg quasicrystal_1024-695d271b5dbb7.jpg

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    Glix Drap
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Philosopher's Stone?

    Jnausicaa
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Captain, ye cannae change the laws o' physics"

    Endishere
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still remember the galaxy in the cat's bell neck? We never know. if this is also a sort of galaxy

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    #29

    Battery charging itself using air moisture, surrounded by water particles, highlighting innovative energy facts.

    This battery never needs to be plugged in. It feeds on humidity.
    Researchers created a power source that harvests energy from water vapor. A protein-based film absorbs moisture and generates a continuous electrical current.
    It works indoors. Outdoors. Anywhere there's humidity. Which is basically everywhere.
    Wearables that never die. Sensors that run forever. We've been surrounded by free energy this whole time.
    Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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    Glix Drap
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After reading this I need to take a shower to recharge my batteries.

    ZombieMommy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This will never be mass produced because it would tank battery makers

    Big Bill
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the same theory that says my grandfather's '38 Buick had a carb that would deliver 56mpg, but the first time he took it in for service, they removed it, and that technology has been hidden because the oil companies didn't want it known. Meanwhile billion$ have been spent looking for ways to improve fuel economy. Sorry, Charlie, technology doesn't work that way. Battery manufacturers aren't in business to make batteries, they're in business to make money. If they can make more money by making better batteries, they will make better batteries.

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's true, (from 2020) "the so-called Air-gen technology links electrodes with electrically conductive protein nanowires synthesized by the microbe Geobacter sulfurreducens. The unique combination is capable of generating electricity from moisture that is naturally present in the air." but also: "Great progress in MEG [moisture-induced electricity generation] has been achieved from material synthesis to device design. However, realizing truly continuous electricity generation is a great challenge for conventional MEG devices". Links follow.

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    https://www.biofueldaily.com/reports/Protein-powered_device_generates_electricity_from_moisture_in_the_air_999.html and https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259023852200697X

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They started with Vaporators from some farm on Tattooine.

    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love to hear what its energy density is.

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    #30

    New York City subway with unused tracks, highlighting interesting facts about transport systems and intriguing urban design.

    The New York City Subway is one of the world's most extensive public transport systems, but what most riders don't see is the hidden city below the active lines. Beneath the streets of Manhattan and the outer boroughs lies a sprawling network of abandoned stations, decommissioned platforms, and miles of unused track. These tracks were built during the early 20th century, anticipating rapid expansion and rival private lines. For example, below City Hall is a cathedral-like station with vaulted ceilings and brass chandeliers that hasn't seen a passenger since 1945. This extensive ghost network represents a massive, unused urban relic—a testament to grand, forgotten ambition—hidden just feet below millions of commuters every day.

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    Nicole Weymann
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry if this sounds stupid, but ist there no way to make use of these otherwise wasted resources? AFAIK space is at a premium in New York. The transit areas and tunnels must be somewhat accessible and sturdy (they were meant to be used constantly by millions of people for decades). Can't they be converted to some sort of housing or shelter, maybe repurposed as underground market places, museums, fitness areas, or at least for storage?

    Big Bill
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The answer is, yes, it could be done. All it takes is money. A lot of it. And that means higher taxes.

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    howdylee
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those of us who saw the TMNT2 movie (from the 90s not the modern c**p) know about these places :)

    Pferdchen
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - had to look it up 😀

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    Con O Cuinn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember Jerry Springer talked about how Cincinnati had a whole underground system and stations built but they ran out of money when they were nearly finished, so there's a 90% completed network that has never been used.

    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't there a similar situation in London?

    #31

    Doomsday Vault inside a mountain storing over a million seed samples to protect global food supply facts.

    The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure, fortified structure carved into the Arctic permafrost, making it resistant to natural disasters and power failures (the permafrost acts as a natural freezer). It holds duplicate "backup" copies of crop seeds from collections worldwide. This global effort is humanity's insurance policy, ensuring that the genetic diversity necessary to restart agriculture survives any potential worldwide catastrophe.

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The way 2026 has already started they might be needed sooner than expected

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Veritasium was there 9 y ago. (Not as impressive on the inside though, but nerdier). Link below because of BP.

    WindySwede
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    https://youtu.be/2_OEsf-1qgY

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    Smeghead Tribble Down Under
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Until the orange fart-face decides he wants it.

    John Stevenson
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is this amazing? Prehistoric squirrels did this in an earlier post.

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    #32

    Spider using firefly bioluminescent signals as a trap to catch prey, illustrating interesting facts that challenge common understanding.

    Spiders are way smarter than we thought.
    Orb-weavers were filmed catching male fireflies and wrapping them in a way that forces a "female" mating flash. This fake signal lures in other males who fly straight into the trap.
    Nature is brutal.
    Source: Current Biology

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, Swell! Now *Spiders* have joined the Tool-Users Club??!?

    A Jones
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some webmasters are hackers.

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    #33

    Orcas surgically removing shark livers shown underwater with a close-up of a shark liver on the beach.

    They’re not eating the shark. Just the liver.
    A pod of orcas in the Gulf of California was filmed immobilizing a Great White and biting out only its liver. The rest of the carcass was left untouched.
    Surgical precision from an apex predator hunting another apex predator.
    Source: Marine Ecology Progress

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    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do they also have it with fava beans and a nice chianti?

    ggus44
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The reason they target the liver (and they do it with surgical precision) is because it contains large amounts of a compound called squalene. Squalene is important to synthesis of certain chemicals in the Orca's body. They will also target the heart, as well."

    Val
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love orcas. I mean, not because of their surgical abilities.

    Laura Gillette
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The more I learn about them, the more terrified I am of them. Although I welcome their destruction of as many yachts as possible.

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Liver Donors, Inc. " 'Ello - We're 'ere for your liver."

    Endishere
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The barbaric beheaded their defeated enemy. SOunds similar, right?

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    #34

    Woman wheelchair user smiling and celebrating outside space capsule, showcasing interesting facts about space exploration.

    Space was built for a certain body. That's changing.
    After years of training, a wheelchair user is preparing for launch. Not as inspiration. As proof that systems can be redesigned.
    Human limits are no longer the final word.
    Source: Space Exploration News

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    WalterWhiteSavannah
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Zero gravity would probly be one hell of an amazing and freeing experience for someone confied to a wheel chair.

    John Smith
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She still needs a leg up... I will get my coat.

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    RomanceRadish
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone who trained and worked toward this specific goal, not a celebrity.

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Weird. The background is oriented normally but the foreground of the woman is flipped left-right.

    #35

    Cat in a tuxedo wearing sunglasses with CIA logo, illustrating interesting facts about spies and secret agents.

    The Cold War got weird. Really weird.
    In the 1960s, the CIA surgically implanted microphones into cats to record Soviet conversations. Project Acoustic Kitty cost $20 million.
    It was a disaster. Cats don't follow orders. The first spy cat was reportedly hit by a taxi right after deployment.
    The program was classified as an "utter failure." Somewhere in CIA archives, there's a file that basically says cats are untrainable.
    Source: CIA Declassified Documents

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    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone who has ever owned a cat for more than 5 minutes could have told them this.

    Crystalwitch60
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well any cat owner could have told em that 🤦‍♀️😂

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or was it an cover up for off-the-books stuff? 🤔

    Marie
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most likely not. There were some really wild projects around that time. CIA or others. Things that would get everyone to question the sanity of anyone involved in the idea today... hopefully.

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    Brian Droste
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I seen this on Unbelievable With Dan Akrod. What happened with the cat, the CIA parked on the opposite side of the street where a Russian spy was sitting on a bench. When the CIA opened the door to the van to let the cat out of the van, it got hit by a passing car. If they had parked on the same side of the street, it might have worked out. We will never know.

    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't they try training porpoises to deliver mines or something? IIRC after the first "Boom!" the porpoises noped out and the project had to be scrapped.

    Spark
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cats didn't follow orders...? Seriously...? :D 😸

    RomanceRadish
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what we love about cats though. Unpredictable, living life on their terms and unapologetic about it. Keeping us humans around for convenience, but not needing to cater to our whims.

    Laura Gillette
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok BUT there was also a time that cats were (safely) air-dropped onto an island that was having a bubonic plague outbreak, and they eliminated the rats and stopped the epidemic.

    Endishere
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is released by CIA, well known for its intellegence. You can believe their failure or "failure" Talk about spy-war-nerve

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    #36

    Scuba diver explores underwater brick road 3,000 meters deep, revealing interesting facts that may make you rethink understanding.

    It looks like a path to Atlantis. It's not.
    Marine researchers exploring the Pacific found what appears to be a man-made brick road on the seafloor. Geologists revealed it's actually volcanic rock that cracked in perfect 90-degree angles from extreme pressure.
    Nature built a yellow brick road. No wizards required.
    Source: Ocean Exploration Trust

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    Michael Largey
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're off to see Jacques Cousteau!

    Glix Drap
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a yellow brick road - presumably not in Kansas.

    DB
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also found a sign that says "Atlantis Next Exit"

    Brian Droste
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did the divers follow it to see if it led to a emerald city?

    Fred L.
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Arguably not found by a scuba diver ...

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    #37

    Cosmic collision causing a planet to disappear, illustrating interesting facts that may make you rethink things you thought you understood.

    One moment it was there. Then it was gone.
    Hubble data released January 1, 2026 shows an exoplanet that literally vanished. In its place? A glowing cloud of debris.
    Scientists believe they witnessed two massive planets collide at full speed. A cosmic car crash that obliterated a world in real time.
    Source: NASA / Hubble Space Telescope

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    Michael Largey
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like the Republicans watching the Constitution disappear.

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They ain't just watching, dude. They're helping with the pushing.

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    Major Harris
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But when worlds collide Said George Pal to his bride I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills Like a Science fiction (ooh-ooh-ooh) double feature Doctor X (ooh-ooh-ooh) will build a creature See androids fighting (ooh-ooh-ooh) Brad and Janet Anne Francis stars in (ooh-ooh-ooh) Forbidden Planet Wo-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh At the late night, double feature, picture show

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Galactus: *BURP* (The debris cloud is his table crumbs)

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Similar to the start of the Earth and the Moon!

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    #38

    White flower with preserved seeds, highlighting interesting facts about ancient plants that may make you rethink things.

    Researchers successfully grew a flowering plant using seeds that had been buried in Siberian permafrost since the Ice Age. The seeds were preserved by prehistoric squirrels in underground burrows, protecting them from decay for tens of thousands of years. The experiment revealed how life can remain dormant for extreme lengths of time and still return when conditions allow.

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    Rick Murray
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because reviving things that have been gone for millennia is always a good idea. Wasn't there a movie about something like this? A bunch of oversized lizards? Didn't end well?

    David Beaulieu
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did we learn nothing from Jurassic Park?

    KDS
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well at least it didn’t cause a crack in the ice like a certain seed buried by a certain squirrel.

    Kelly Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know, all these revived flowers and plants are gonna walk one day.

    Michael None
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    God created plant, God destroys plant, God creates man, Man creates plant, Man destroys God

    Cee Cee
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Campion? Aka Silene, Catchfly. I have a magenta form in the garden.

    #39

    Two cows facing each other with American and German flag patterns, illustrating interesting facts about cultural differences.

    Cows have accents.
    Researchers found that mooing patterns change by region and herd. Pitch. Rhythm. Tone. All shaped by who they grow up with.
    It's not genetics. It's community. Even cows learn to talk like their friends.
    Source: Animal Communication Research

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    Glix Drap
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cows from Glasgow say, "What you looking at pal?"

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then they give you a "Glasgow kiss."

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    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yiddish cows say, "meh!".

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's "Muh" in german though, with a H and not a double U

    Facefullopubes
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    British cows go 'Moo Bruv, innit' and Aussie cows go 'Moo, ya c**t'

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    #40

    Polar bears in Greenland adapting by rewriting DNA shown with DNA helix and bear family at sunset.

    These bears aren't waiting for evolution. They're hacking it.
    A population in Southeast Greenland is using "jumping genes" to rewrite their own DNA in real time. Their metabolism is shifting. Their hunting changed. They're surviving on glacier ice while others starve.
    Evolution usually takes thousands of years. These bears are doing it now.
    Source: Science Magazine

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    meeeeeeeeeeee
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What does this caption even f*****g mean? Are the bears in a lab hacking into their DNA with a program called "jumping genes"? Are they eating the ice?

    OneHappyPuppy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the first two sentences don't make sense. That's the definition of evolution...

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    Ejteh
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aren't jumping genes a thing in each specie? Like turning 'on' when needed? Sometimes causing weird and awful diseases, sometimes help survive, like these polar bears?

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't wait to see the mouth-breathers try and argue with polar bears that evolution is a hoax.

    Kit Black
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Translation -~maybe we were wrong about how evolution works..nah, let's just pretend this is a unique exception~

    Mary Kelly
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NO NO NO...whether certain alleles/mutations are more advantageous/less advantageous is changing as the environment changes...the more advantageous an allele/mutation is in an environment, the more offspring with that allele/mutation/trait...if organisms could control when or how to mutate genes, then no species would ever go extinct...

    Francois
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This caption literally illustrates the bad usage of the word "literally" that has become so widespread.

    martymcmatrix
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen videos of starving polar bears and it's really heartbreaking to watch...climate change is real!

    Kelly Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On the other hand, maybe we should send Trump to Greenland to see the polar bears. Nah, the polar bears would get tired of the noise and all that hot air would melt any ice and snow they have there.

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    #41

    Bats pollinating tequila plants have turned carnivorous due to extreme drought in this interesting fact image.

    No sugar. No nectar. They started hunting instead.
    Long-nosed bats, the primary pollinators for agave, were caught on camera eating aquatic insects to survive the 2025 drought. They abandoned their entire diet.
    If the bats don't return to agave, the global tequila supply is in trouble.
    Source: Journal of Mammalogy

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    BrunoVI
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, this is silly. Carnivory and herbivory in mammals are a myth. There are virtually zero purely vegetarian mammals. The bats got super-hungry and ate meat (which probably ordinarily would taste bad to them). This will not have been the first time bats discovered meat is edible. They will not suddenly become largely carnivorous.

    Nizumi
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I saw that video of a horse snaffling up a chick. To say I was disturbed is an understatement.

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    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought they became carnivorous from watching vampire movies at drive-ins.

    Laura Gillette
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Noooo!!! (Maybe there's a market for bat-sized pollinator drones?)

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    #42

    Ancient Roman coffin carved with gods in a drinking contest, an interesting fact that may make you rethink history.

    Even death came with entertainment.
    Archaeologists in Israel unearthed a marble sarcophagus featuring Dionysus and Hercules in a drinking contest. 1,700 years old. Perfectly preserved.
    Romans wanted to spend eternity watching the gods get drunk.
    Source: Israel Antiquities Authority

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But was there any booze left? And are they sure that was a Sarcophagus and not a Cooler?

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who won? I had a few shekels riding on the outcome.

    #43

    Futuristic smart toilet with health analysis display and mobile phone showing body data for interesting facts on health technology.

    Your toilet is about to know you better than your doctor.
    Japanese tech uses sensors and AI to track hydration, nutrition, and early health warnings from your waste. Reports go straight to your phone.
    Preventive care starts in the bathroom now.
    Shared for informational purposes only.
    Source: Japanese Health Tech Research

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    Greymom
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And suddenly you start getting adds for fiber supplements and hemerrhoid cream!

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Note from toilet: "Lose some weight, you Load!"

    Savannah greenleaf
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this would be much easier than a colonoscopy.

    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cf Bob's Burgers 1503 "O.T.: The Outside Toilet"

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Shared for informational purposes only." ?

    Trillian
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And to your insurance so that they can rule out pre existing conditions

    homer
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why cant Americans ever invent this stuff? And we never will. Have to keep people stupid so they vote republican

    Seadog
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Colonguard isn't going to like this. Be they block it coming to the US

    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody likes a tattle-toilet.

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    #44

    Crocodile showing stored energy in tail muscles, highlighting interesting facts about animal survival and energy storage.

    No meals for a year. No problem.
    Crocodiles pack massive fat reserves into the base of their tails. Combine that with the slowest metabolism in the animal kingdom and they can outlast almost anything.
    This is how they've survived for millions of years.
    Source: Wildlife Biology Research

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    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These AI pictures are just getting to be too much.

    Greymom
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah this particular picture makes it look like he has a bunch of potatoes stored in there in case of the next great famine!🤣

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    UnclePanda
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've found it more practical to carry about half in front. Less tension on the spine that way.

    Jeff Hood
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know I couldn't live a year on just potatoes

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boil 'em, Mash 'em, Stick 'em in a stew... (Also Bake, Chip, Crisp, Fry, ...)

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    Michael Largey
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd also be very selective about what you eat if you lived in Florida.

    S
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought those are potatoes

    Seadog
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen some people that are apparently doing the same thing.

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    #45

    Brightest fruit in nature with iridescent purple-blue hues showing interesting facts that may make you rethink understanding.

    It's been in a museum for 100 years. Still vibrant as day one.
    Pollia condensata creates its metallic blue color through "structural color," microscopic cellulose layers that reflect light. No pigment at all.
    Nature invented permanent dye millions of years before we tried.
    Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So not really a dye as texts states from beginning. Just a structure that reflects light. Like butterflies.

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This article really s‍u‍c‍k‍s, doesn't it?

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    #46

    Image showing Uranus and Neptune with a fact about their composition, related to interesting facts that may change your understanding.

    Everything we taught about these planets might be wrong.
    A new computational model suggests Uranus and Neptune aren't "Ice Giants" at all. Their cores are likely massive solid rock and carbon, not frozen water.
    Time to rewrite the textbooks. Again.
    Source: Nature Astronomy

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's how science work - to our best knowledge, until we know better. 👍 Just sometimes hard to change paths? Like Pluto? 🙃

    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that changes my summer holiday travel plans!

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nathaniel, darlin' - about time for a joke, dear heart! ;-)

    Multa Nocte
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oooh look, Nathaniel! Your friend Captain Wafflestomper came in under his many accounts and downvoted us all! 8`-)

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    #47

    Hands striking flint stones to make fire, illustrating interesting facts about ancient human discoveries and fire-making.

    We mastered fire far earlier than we thought.
    Archaeologists in England discovered 400,000-year-old evidence of deliberate fire-making. Not using fire. Making it.
    This pushes human control of fire back hundreds of thousands of years. We were engineers before we were modern.
    Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The clue was the discarded box of firestarters

    Serena Myers
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a bit of argufying on FB about this!

    Con O Cuinn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had Homo sapiens made it to Europe at that stage? Was this really us or was it another hominid species?

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "[...] probably early Neanderthals, based on fossils of around the same age from Swanscombe, Kent and Atapuerca, Spain, which preserve early Neanderthal DNA." search for "Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests"

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    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yet to be discovered is documentation of the establishment of arson insurance shortly before that first fire.

    BrunoVI
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like many prominent inventions, the British actually did it first, but It took hundreds of thousands of years to clear the British bureaucracy.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BrunoVI: funny thing is, one reason the industrial revolution happened in Britain rather than France is that British bureaucracy didn't get in the way as it did in France. Patents were easy to get here; the French had a strange system where you had to be officially assessed for the worth of your invention before you got a sous. The *principle* of practical steam engines was first invented in France; the *profitable* practical steam engine was first made in England. What we've got bad at since the 18th century isn't inventing stuff - we've got bad at the business side of things.

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    #48

    Woman applying shampoo-like gel to scalp, an interesting fact related to preventing hair loss during chemotherapy.

    Chemo attacks cancer. It also attacks hair follicles. Until now.
    Researchers developed a hydrogel with shampoo consistency that shields hair follicles from chemotherapy drugs. It prevents hair loss during treatment.
    A simple gel solving one of cancer treatment’s cruelest side effects.
    Source: Michigan State University

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    Savannah greenleaf
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am sure it would be priced out of range for the average person.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Savannah greenleaf: probably not; this comes out of engineering (!) research at Michigan State University. "The gel is a hydrogel, which absorbs a lot of water and provides long-lasting delivery of drúgs to the patient’s scalp." "The gel, containing the drúgs lidocaine and adrenalone, prevents most of the chemotherapy drúgs from reaching the hair follicle by restricting the blood flow to the scalp. Dramatic reduction in drúgs reaching the follicle will help protect the hair and prevent it from falling out." Link follows.

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    Nicole Weymann
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "solving one of cancer treatment’s cruelest side effects": sorry, but I contest that as BS. It may feel humiliating, uncomfortable, and a dozen more socio-psychological things, but considering AAAAALL the other "nice" side effects like aches and pains, loss of bowel control, fatigue etc etc losing hair may seem cruel at first glance, but definitely way down the list on closer inspection. And you can at least try to hide it, if you wish. (Also that picture, with a drop dispenser for shampooing eyebrows, or what?)

    S Bow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like most of these accompanying pics, it's AI hallucination. Pathetic that BP and Reddit are resorting to this laziness.

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like she's gluing her eyebrows back on.

    Seadog
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd rather see the cure for cancer released. But that'll never happen as there's too much money in treatment. So the cure will remain locked away in a vault.

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    #49

    Blue whale heart weighing 200 kilograms, shown with human for scale, highlighting interesting facts about animals.

    The largest heart on Earth. Over a meter wide. 200 kilograms of muscle.
    Each beat pumps 220 liters of blood. The sound travels for miles underwater.
    This is biology at its most extreme.
    Source: Marine Biology Research

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    #50

    Glossy black diamond apple with a green leaf, highlighting interesting facts that may make you rethink things.

    It looks like a gemstone. It tastes like honey and vanilla.
    High in Tibet's mountains, extreme altitude and intense sunlight turn this apple's skin deep purple, almost black. The flesh inside is bright white and naturally sweet.
    Trees take 8 years to mature. Harvest lasts just 2 months. One of Earth's rarest fruits.
    Source: Agricultural Research Journal

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here is a photo of it.

    Shark Lady
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that an AI photo, the reflection in the skin doesn't look natural.

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    #51

    Man in 1700s attire holding a pineapple, illustrating interesting facts that may make you rethink historical rarity and customs.

    Owning a pineapple meant nothing. Being seen with one meant everything.
    In the 1700s, pineapples were so expensive that aristocrats rented them just to carry under their arm at social events. Pure status symbol.
    Instagram flexing started centuries before Instagram.
    Source: Royal Historical Society

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    Daisydaisy
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Australia some of the old (Victorian era) houses feature decorative concrete pineapples on the roof and exterior walls as a symbol of opulence

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Downvoted for the crappy AI pic alone.

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So like renting an Koenigsegg today..?

    Turnip and a Frog
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but you don’t need to carry it to shine people on.

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    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eventually, Carmen Miranda wore them in her hats.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "But the scaly sweet was too valuable to eat - a single fruit was worth thousands of pounds and often the same pineapple would be paraded from event to event until it eventually went rotten." The basic problem was that pineapples were hard to grow in Europe back then - first achieved in the Netherlands in the late 1600s - which led to the British pineapple mania a few decades later. Links follow. Trigger warning: the BBC article leads with a photograph of a pineapple being brutally exploited by Mrs T 😉 (by which I mean "held up for a photo opportunity")

    Forrest Hobbs
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53432877 and https://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/pineapples/pineapples.htm - the latter being a detailed article entitled "A Taste for the Exotic. Pineapple cultivation in Britain"

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    Pferdchen
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard that people who have upside down pineapple decor are very friendly 🤣

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    #52

    Bowl of rice with red blood cells and sugar cubes representing facts about blood sugar and rice preparation.

    Same rice. Completely different effect on your body.
    Cooling cooked white rice in the fridge then reheating it increases resistant starch. This makes it behave like fiber, slowing digestion and reducing blood sugar spikes.
    Pair it with protein and healthy fats. Your gut and insulin will thank you.
    Source: International Journal of Molecular Sciences

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ●●●In the clinical study, test rice II [cooled for 24h] significantly lowered glycemic response compared with control rice (125±50.1 vs 152±48.3 mmol.min/L, respectively; p=0.047). In conclusion, cooling of cooked white rice increased resistant starch content. Cooked white rice cooled for 24 hours at 4°C then reheated lowered glycemic response compared with freshly cooked white rice. ●●● --- "Effect of cooling of cooked white rice on resistant starch content and glycemic response"

    Unicorn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can reads that. Whether I understands it is another matter.

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Rice can spikes your blood pressure"? "Can spikes"?

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    #53

    Dodo bird and its closest living relative spotted after years, highlighting interesting facts that may make you rethink knowledge.

    We thought it might already be gone.
    On Christmas Day 2025, researchers spotted the critically endangered Manumea bird in a remote Samoan rainforest. It's the dodo's last living cousin.
    A ghost from extinction just proved it's still alive.
    Source: BirdLife International

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bird in question is the Nicobar pigeon - it's "near threatened", not "critically endangered"; the picture's fairly reasonable. Wikipedia says "found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Indonesian Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau."

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It stayed silent because it saw what happened to the dodo.

    Francois
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if it is taste as good as the dodo

    #54

    Life-sized statue of a sorceress protecting Pompeii, showcasing interesting facts that may make you rethink history.

    She was the city's spiritual shield.
    A statue found in Pompeii on December 27 shows a woman wearing a crescent moon protection pendant. Historians believe she was a high-status sorceress who managed the city's defenses against evil spirits.
    Buried for 2,000 years. Still guarding the ruins.
    Source: Pompeii Archaeological Park

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    Pferdchen
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She didn't exactly do a bang up job. I'm not joining that cult.

    Chaos Pandas Unite
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jeez, one bad day and it’s all you ever hear about.

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    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately for Pompeii her training syllabus didn't include volcanoes.

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She only had ONE job...

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that worked wonderfully well for the city.....

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    #55

    Bee pollinating a flower emitting sound waves, illustrating interesting facts that may make you rethink common beliefs.

    Plants are listening. And responding.
    Within 3 minutes of sensing a bee's wing vibration, Evening Primrose flowers increase nectar sugar by 20%. They hear the buzz and prepare the reward.
    Flowers figured out customer service before we did.
    Source: Ecology Letters

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    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sirens of the soil.

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Company's coming! Quick, tidy up!"

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    3 minutes? So here the saying "The early bird catches the worm" is falce..! 🐝🌻

    #56

    Close-up of a computer chip circuit board showing a 1950s material beating modern silicon speed record.

    The future of computing might be 70 years old.
    Researchers broke chip speed records using “strained germanium,” a material from the 1950s. It moves data faster and cooler than any modern silicon.
    Sometimes progress means looking backward.
    Source: Nature Electronics

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    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unlike mercy, the quality of germanium is improved by straining it seems.

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    #57

    Ancient Egyptian statue inside a tomb with hieroglyphics, illustrating interesting facts that rethink history and archaeology.

    The tomb was nearly empty. But not because of looters.
    Archaeologists in Luxor discovered the burial site of Pharaoh Thutmose II. His wife, Queen Hatshepsut, likely moved his body and treasures to a secret location to protect them from floods.
    3,500 years later, we still don't know where she hid him.
    Source: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities

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    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Egyptian Merry Widow more likely.

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "She got everything in the divorce. All I was left with was my Bones."

    Tucker Cahooter
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She took the treasures to a Swiss bank who know not to ask any questions

    Endishere
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She knew he has lots of other "shes". She did not want to compete with the younger ones. She owned him.

    #58

    Parasitic worm using static electricity to launch onto passing insects in an interesting fact about nature.

    This worm doesn’t jump. It levitates.
    Physicists discovered a parasitic worm that generates an electrical charge to launch itself through the air onto passing insects. It uses static like a force field.
    A microscopic hitchhiker with its own biological tractor beam.
    Source: Current Biology

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    Serena Myers
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could have used static electricity to launch myself onto an escaping kitten this morning! He has shown no interest in "outside" before, but decided it was time to investigate. Luckily there was still some snow around and he didn't like cold paws!

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    #59

    Mosquito carrying DNA of 86 different species in one blood meal illustrating interesting facts to rethink understood things.

    Mosquitoes are flying biodiversity scanners.
    A 2025 study found one mosquito’s blood meal can contain DNA from up to 86 species. Scientists can now track entire ecosystems just by catching bugs.
    Want to know what lives in a forest? Interview the mosquitoes.
    Source: Molecular Ecology

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    #60

    Fetus glowing inside a womb illustrating interesting facts about human life and mathematical patterns in science discovery.

    It's not random. It's precision.
    MIT researchers captured the instant of fertilization. A biochemical wave erupts across the egg in structured, rhythmic patterns following the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci sequences.
    The same math found in galaxies, hurricanes, and nautilus shells. Life doesn't stumble into existence. It ignites with code.
    Source: MIT / Developmental Biology

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤔 *Matrix thoughts*

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, I'm sure THAT won't start any arguments with the Pro- and Anti-abortion crowds!

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a better written explanation with a 7 second video on yóutube. "MIT Captures the First Moment of Life: Zinc Sparks and Fertilization Waves". I can't find the original MIT source. Link follows.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqrNDCUNMCY

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    Jnausicaa
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all maths.

    Endishere
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fibonacci? so, are we to hold or sell right now?

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    #61

    Portrait of Genghis Khan with DNA strand, highlighting an interesting fact about direct descendants and genetics.

    His empire fell. His bloodline didn't.
    A DNA study found that roughly 0.5% of all men on Earth carry genetic markers tracing directly to Genghis Khan. That's about 16 million people.
    800 years later, his legacy is still in our blood.
    Source: American Journal of Human Genetics

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    Giles McArdell
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's around 8% in Central Asia and ssome parts of China

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "He was the greatest lover and the strongest man" 🎵

    Laura Gillette
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know if I'd call how he produced most of those children as "love"

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A thousand years from now people will be reading that "1 in Every 200 Men Alive Today Is A Direct Descendant of Elon Musk"

    Laura Gillette
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They can't measure how many women, because they use his Y chromosome to test for his ancestry

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    Smeghead Tribble Down Under
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't wonder, by the number of women he ra.ped.

    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Big deal, we're way more virus than that.

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    #62

    3D printed metal block shown, highlighting interesting facts about advanced aluminum technology and material strength innovations.

    We can now print super-metal from scratch.
    Using AI to find the perfect recipe, engineers created an aluminum alloy that rivals titanium but weighs far less. It handles extreme heat and doesn't crack.
    This could replace heavy steel in rockets overnight.
    Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But what about over daytime..? 🤔

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The structure doesn't look like it would make a good fuel tank, though...

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The caption's nonsense. "Replace heavy steel"? Rockets have been using aluminium-lithium alloys and all manner of lightweight materials since at least the 1960s. SpaceX is breaking with that "tradition" by using a particular stainless steel for fuel tanks on its new big rocket (Starship) because it turns out to have a really good strength to weight ratio when cooled down to the cryogenic temperatures of the liquid oxygen and liquid methane used as fuel for that launcher.

    Jnausicaa
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But not transparent aluminium yet?

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    #63

    Hairy frog with hair growing to breathe underwater and bone claws breaking through its fingers, an interesting fact.

    This frog turns its own skeleton into a weapon.
    The Trichobatrachus robustus grows hair-like skin strands to absorb oxygen underwater. When attacked, it physically snaps its own toe bones and pushes them through the skin as retractable claws.
    Evolution got violent with this one.
    Source: Journal of Zoology

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wolve-frog from x-frogs!

    Deborah B
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hairy frogs don't look like that.

    Surly Scot
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An AI generated fake image? A photo of the real frog wasn't good enough?

    Mel in Georgia
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What it really looks like in my reply below:

    Mel in Georgia
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    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The frog grew hair to confuse the platypus.

    #64

    Man pinching nose to hold in a sneeze with highlighted nerve tissue showing potential head or neck injuries facts.

    That sneeze you just held? It trapped explosive pressure inside your body.
    Doctors say it can rupture an eardrum, tear throat tissue, or burst blood vessels in your eyes and neck.
    Rare but real. Just let it out.
    Shared for informational purposes only.
    Source: Medical Safety Research

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    Auntriarch
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always held in sneezes, but lately I've been trying not to. It's more difficult than I expected

    Mel in Georgia
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish my husband could hold in sneezes! They are eardrum-shattering!

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    howdylee
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only person I knew to hold in a sneeze was my mother in law. She passed away and a few years later my first daughter was born. Daughter holds in sneezes. She obviously never met her grandmother, so must be some sort of genetic predisposition to it?

    Seadog
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was always told it can dmage your lungs.

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    #65

    Ancient human-made bone tools 1.5 million years old, revealing surprising facts that may change what you understood about history.

    Our ancestors were master engineers far earlier than we thought.
    2025 excavations in Tanzania uncovered bone tools dating back 1.5 million years. That’s nearly a million years older than previous evidence.
    We didn’t stumble into intelligence. We’ve been building things for longer than we ever imagined.
    Source: Journal of Human Evolution

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another nonsense caption. Evidence for our ancestors making tools goes back 3.3 millions years. Links follow.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    https://www.sciencealert.com/discovery-of-1-5-million-year-old-bone-tools-rewrites-early-human-history and https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/1-5-million-year-old-bone-tools-tanzania/

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    #66

    Mother singing to baby with glowing brain illustration representing interesting facts about the brain and natural medicine effects.

    When a mother sings, something changes in her baby's body.
    Heart rate drops. Oxygen improves. Stress melts away. The nervous system shifts from alert to calm.
    It's not just bonding. It's brain-building biology.
    Source: Neonatal Development Research

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm tempted to say something about Yoko Ono, but I think I'll refrain.

    Cosmos in your eyes
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sang to my baby every night before bed. He's 11 and I still sing his bedtime songs. Once he asked, "Wait, how will you sing to me when I'm in college?" I joked that I'll record the songs. He said in all seriousness, "OK, that will work." <3 <3 <3

    M M
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't it obvious? And singing in general?

    Brian Droste
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But happens if the mother is a terrible singer.

    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I seriously doubt this couldn't be duplicated with the father too.

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    #67

    Three swimming pools filled with gold coins, illustrating interesting facts about gold mining history.

    Gold feels rare. But you might not realize how rare.
    All the gold ever extracted totals about 208,000 metric tons. Sounds like a lot until you account for density.
    Melted down, it would fill roughly three Olympic swimming pools. That's it. Three pools for 5,000 years of mining, wars, and treasure hunts.
    Every gold ring, every vault, every coin ever minted. Smaller than a hotel lobby.
    Source: World Gold Council

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    Michael Largey
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Mr. McDuck? The pool has just opened."

    Glix Drap
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard Elon swims in one every day.

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Olympic size, or these sized? Cause these looks like 2.5 x 4 meter sized pools?

    Big Bill
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course, an Olympic swimming pool is much larger than your average backyard pool. 164x 82 feet, length by width, and at least 6.5 feet deep. About 660,000 gallons.

    #68

    Person smelling worn clothes with glowing brain illustration representing interesting facts that may make you rethink things understood.

    Their scent calms you. Even when they're not there.
    Studies show smelling a partner's worn clothing reduces cortisol and promotes relaxation. The brain links their scent to bonding and safety, creating an emotional anchor.
    The effect is strongest when you know the scent is theirs. Comfort you can literally breathe in.
    Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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    S Bow
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless they're abúsïve, in which case it has the opposite effect.

    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This just sounds like it triggers nostalgia, which has been shown to do those things.

    Jnausicaa
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My hoodies have a tendency to disappear after I put them in the hamper. The Mrs will wear them for about a week before she washes them.

    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would think that varies depending on what body part the garment covered, and under what circumstances.

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    #69

    X-ray style image of a couple embracing with glowing brains and hearts illustrating interesting facts and human connection.

    Your body treats love like food and water. Essential for survival.
    Oxytocin and vasopressin shape bonding, trust, and loyalty. Dopamine and adrenaline lower stress, ease pain, and sharpen thinking. But when bonds break, cortisol floods the body. Doctors call it "Broken Heart Syndrome."
    The loneliness crisis isn't just sad. It's making people sick.
    Source: Journal of Neuroscience / American Heart Association

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    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd say more like (healthy) social interaction in general, not "love".

    #70

    Massive honey mushroom fungus in Oregon shown towering over a man, highlighting interesting facts about largest living organisms.

    Known scientifically as Armillaria ostoyae, this massive fungus is largely underground, consisting of interconnected root-like filaments called mycelium. While you only see the small mushrooms above ground, the entire organism is genetically identical and covers an area larger than 1,600 football fields in the Malheur National Forest. Its age is estimated to be thousands of years old, making it one of the oldest and biggest life forms on Earth.

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    Giles McArdell
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AAAAAAARGH! This crappy AI image is actually mis-informative, the honey mushroom fungus does not produce giant mushrooms, the underground mycelium filaments produce normal sized "fruiting" bodies. There are loads of images of this online - why use AI at all?

    ZombieMommy
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    3 days ago

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    https://gallowaywildfoods.com/honey-fungus-identification-edibility-distribution-ecological-role/

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    Juls
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good grief but that picture is stupid.

    Laura Gillette
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Largely underground"... photo shows comically huge above-ground mushroom because AI

    Serena Myers
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And his head, and his nonexistent búm, all of him in fact!

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    #71

    Person in ornate golden attire and headpiece representing an interesting fact about unusual beliefs in history.

    He was terrified of shattering.
    King Charles VI of France suffered from "glass delusion," believing his body was fragile glass. He wore reinforced clothing and avoided physical contact.
    A mental illness so specific it became legendary.
    Source: Historical Psychiatry Archives

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    pelemele
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture is ridiculous.

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a French King from Alsace, who thought he was made out of glass. He covered his torso with armor and moreso, 'til the weight made him fall on his àss.

    Michael Largey
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People kept telling him "Everyone can see right through you."

    #72

    Mouse in an astronaut suit on the moon with a group of mice in a cage, illustrating interesting facts about space travel.

    First time in history. A mammal reproduced after spaceflight.
    A female mouse spent two weeks on a space station and returned to Earth. On December 31, 2025, she gave birth to healthy pups.
    Short-term space travel doesn't destroy fertility. Humanity just got one step closer to the stars.
    Source: NASA / Nature Communications

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    Kelly H. Wilder
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So no astronaut has ever had a child after space flight? 🤔

    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not gonna last long with your tail and paws exposed to vacuum, little mouse. (And I *LOVE* how the whiskers just 'phase through' the helmet!)

    Mel in Georgia
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I snorted out loud when I saw this pic. Why the button? So random! AI, you're ridiculous.

    BrunoVI
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mice giving birth to "pups"? I'll never watch Spike and Jerry from Tom and Jerry the same way again.

    azubi
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For once, I like the picture

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    #73

    Close-up of seaweed crafted to look and taste like blue cheese, highlighting interesting facts about food and protein content.

    The future of dairy might come from the ocean.
    Food scientists integrated Dulse, a protein-rich red seaweed, into dairy products. The result? A blue-cheese flavor that's more eco-friendly and packs more protein than beef.
    Cheese without cows. And it actually tastes good.
    Source: Journal of Food Science

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    Giles McArdell
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FFS! No picture would be better than all this AI crud.

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, Dulse de queso? (Dulce de leche)

    Allen Packard
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The part that I'll be interested in is it's a complete protein.

    BrunoVI
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a huge fan of blue cheese, I'd argue it's possible to taste very similar to blue cheese, yet still be revulisive.

    #74

    Oral bacteria traveling to the brain with a link to Parkinson's disease, illustrating surprising health facts.

    Your mouth bacteria might be destroying your brain.
    Researchers found that Streptococcus mutans, a common tooth decay bacterium, can travel from your mouth to your gut to your brain. There it produces a metabolite that kills dopamine neurons.
    Brushing your teeth might be protecting more than your smile.
    Source: Nature Communications / POSTECH

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    Glix Drap
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶 Scrub away, scrub away the SR way.

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    #75

    Spinosaurus fossil excavation in Thailand revealing interesting facts that may make you rethink dinosaur history and size.

    It hunted like a giant prehistoric heron.
    A new Spinosaurus relative discovered on December 26 was longer than a heavy-duty pickup truck. It stalked shallow waters and speared prey with precision.
    The dinosaur world just got a terrifying new hunter.
    Source: Journal of Paleontology

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    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quick! Somebody call Arnold Schwarzenegger!

    Facefullopubes
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Illustrated with a poor image of a small sauropod.

    #76

    Visualization of early Earth's atmosphere alongside facts about billion-year-old air bubbles revealing Earth's atmospheric conditions.

    We just inhaled the planet’s ancient past.
    Geologists extracted pressurized air from salt crystals 1.4 billion years old—the oldest direct sample of Earth’s atmosphere ever found.
    Before complex life existed, this is what the air was like.
    Source: Geology / PNAS

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, show us the rest 😅

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So now we have the residue from the world's oldest old fart.

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    #77

    Police dogs passing a final test by ignoring a cat walking past them, illustrating interesting facts to rethink understanding.

    A cat strolls by. Every instinct screams chase.
    But these dogs don't flinch. That's the final test. Total discipline. Complete focus. Instinct overridden by training.
    This is what real service dog composure looks like.
    Source: Police K9 Training

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    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is an actual widely used photo of this. Why did they have to use this AI generated monstrosity?

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Multa Nocte: pelemele's hidden post below reproduces the real photo.

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    Kiki Likes Sweets
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Glad they labelled it, I never would've known 🙄🙄🙄

    Greymom
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to know how they get a cat to agree to this!😹

    Nizumi
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    UPDATE: Ooops! Slow wifi only let me know now and whole bunch of pandas already found and mentioned the photo. Sorry! :) Why use AI when the photo exists?!? cat-in-fro...4cab01.jpg cat-in-front-of-dogs-695d7a74cab01.jpg

    Tyranamar Seuss
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What happens when one of the dogs fail the test? Is the cat OK?

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    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    like you would ever get a pack of dogs lined up near perfect like this.. hah! sounds like the COPY/PASTE artist struck again!

    Janissary35680
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Properly trained service dogs can be lined up like soldiers and will stay put until given a command. Even show and flyball dogs are trained not to react to other dogs. A reaction would result in immediate disqualification.

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    #78

    Robot connected to a mushroom arm creating a self-portrait, showcasing interesting facts that challenge common understanding.

    A fungus just made art.
    In a bizarre December 2025 experiment, Oyster mushrooms were connected to a bionic arm. They used bio-electrical signals to control the brush and "paint" what researchers call a fungal self-portrait.
    Mushrooms are communicating. We're just starting to listen.
    Source: Frontiers in Fungal Biology

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    Len Hill
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it can be elected president one day. A big improvement on the current one!

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    @Peka_Mimi's link: they drew a circle, so I agree not really. More like the signs from Heptapod languages in Arrival (2016).

    Peeka_Mimi
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    Well not really. Check out this video, "mushroom self portrait" https://share.google/NPgzPrRPnEptKl0Gs

    pelemele
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes... and the marmot puts the chocolate in the foil...

    #79

    Space image showing planet BD+05 4868 Ab shedding Mount Everest size rocks, an interesting fact about space and planets.

    This planet is literally falling apart.
    BD+05 4868 Ab orbits its star every 30 hours at 3,000°F. It’s disintegrating in real time, shedding a Mount Everest of rocky material each orbit.
    A comet-tailed world slowly erasing itself from existence.
    Source: NASA TESS / Astrophysical Journal

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    Moving Enigma
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's there, how just need to zoom in really really far to see it, trust me ;)

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    #80

    Colorful glass frog with transparent skin illustrating fascinating interesting facts about animals you may rethink.

    This frog turns off its own color to disappear.
    Scientists discovered Northern Glass Frogs become nearly transparent while sleeping by packing 90% of their red blood cells into their liver.
    When it wakes up, the blood returns. Invisibility on demand.

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    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    is it just me or can anyone else also still see the frog?

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know! I want my money back!

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    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would it be too much to include a real pic of a real glass frog instead of using this AI monstrosity?

    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Latin name 'Hyalinobatrachium cena' /jk

    Khavrinen
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Animalogic" did a video about these frogs, titled "This Frog Uses Its Blood to Turn Invisible". ( Link below. )

    Khavrinen
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    #81

    Spider vomiting toxic gut acid onto prey fly, showing interesting facts that may make you rethink understood behaviors.

    No fangs. Just lethal puke.
    The Feather-legged Lace Weaver wraps prey in silk, then vomits its entire gut contents onto the victim. The toxins dissolve the prey from outside in.
    Brutal efficiency.
    Source: Journal of Arachnology

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    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, what part of Australia does this creature call home?

    #82

    Underwater scene showing a sunken port with 3D mapping revealing possible Cleopatra tomb, related to interesting facts discovery.

    We’re closer than ever to finding her.
    A 2025 expedition led by National Geographic and the discoverer of the Titanic mapped a submerged port near Taposiris Magna in Egypt.
    Cleopatra’s tomb has never been found. This underwater city might finally change that.
    Source: National Geographic

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    #83

    Illustration of a 10-minute massage reducing stress levels with glowing brain imagery representing interesting facts.

    It sounds too simple. The science says it works.
    Physical touch from a trusted partner drops cortisol and raises oxytocin. Heart rate slows. Blood pressure lowers. Anxious thoughts quiet down.
    Professional massage helps muscles. Partner touch heals the nervous system. Connection is the medicine.
    Source: Developmental Review

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    CSC
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's quite a massage.

    #84

    Ant carrying gold cube highlighting interesting facts about Weaver Ants' ratchet system boosting strength by 300%.

    Teamwork makes them physically stronger.
    Research shows weaver ants build nests using a ratchet system. Some pull leaves together while others act as living anchors to hold tension.
    Working together increases each ant's individual strength by 300%. Cooperation is literally power.

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    Mel in Georgia
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, the rare Gold-Gathering Atlas Ant! Infamous hoarders of precious metals!

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Caption is wrong - it's a 100% increase (doubled strength). "Instead of slacking off like people in big groups, these ants double their pulling power by splitting roles — some anchoring while others pull. Scientists call it a “force ratchet,” a strategy that makes their chains stronger with each new member." and '“Longer chains of ants have more grip on the ground than single ants, so they can better resist the force of the leaf pulling back,” says Dr. Labonte. “The long chains effectively store the pulling force from individual ants in friction — together, the team seems to work like a ratchet.” '. Link follows.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    https://scitechdaily.com/the-surprising-teamwork-trick-ants-use-to-double-their-strength/

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    #85

    Lemon-shaped planet with atmosphere of soot and diamonds discovered, one of the interesting facts to rethink space knowledge.

    Gravity stretched this planet into a lemon.
    The James Webb Telescope just imaged PSR J2322-2650b. It orbits so close to its star that it's been warped. Its atmosphere is pure soot. Its core likely rains diamonds.
    The universe builds things we couldn't imagine.
    Source: NASA / James Webb Space Telescope

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    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it has oil, old You-Know-Who will try annexing it for the US of A. That's probably why he came up with the idea of Space Force.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The caption's wrong, and the picture is a joke. It's got an "exotic helium-and-carbon-dominated atmosphere unlike any ever seen before. Soot clouds likely float through the air". The JWST managed to image the planet (I can't find the image on-line) because its star mostly emits gamma rays and other high energy photons. The JWST sees the infra-red only and is blind to those energies - so the star provides the energy to warm the planet which the JSWT can then see without being dazzled by the host star. Link follows.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-observes-exoplanet-whose-composition-defies-explanation/

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    Hippopotamuses
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This will have DeBeers weeping into their gold goblets.

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    #86

    Elderly man eating dark chocolate with glowing brain illustration showing interesting facts about aging and compounds.

    Your chocolate habit might be keeping you young.
    Researchers discovered that theobromine, a compound in cocoa, is directly linked to slower biological aging. Regular dark chocolate eaters appear years younger at a cellular level.
    Not all guilty pleasures are bad for you. This one fights time.
    Source: Journal of Nutrition

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    Twidder Sux
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    good god this page is filled with misinformation and outright BS!

    WindySwede
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Though I found support that shows linkage between theobromine and slowed aging when searching for this. 🤷‍♂️

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    Val
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the one that's 95% dark cocoa right?

    WindySwede
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I eat 85 as the highest. so hopefully this as well?

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the good stuff it the one with lower cacao content 🙂‍↕️ I only eat dark chocolate because of alleged health benefits..

    Deeelite
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea. How much do you have to eat though?

    Jnausicaa
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It has been said that it's also good for Muggles.

    #87

    Ancient 3,000-year-old mural unearthed in Peru, revealing interesting facts that may make you rethink history and art.

    Three thousand years underground. Still vibrant.
    Archaeologists at Huaca Yolanda uncovered a massive polychrome mural depicting rituals of a “hybrid” civilization that existed before the Inca Empire.
    A lost culture’s story, painted on a wall and waiting to be found.
    Source: Archaeology Magazine

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder what's hidden under the sea, before sea level rise. Like Dogger bank, or any other place! 🤯

    S Bow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank goodness AI put that "mural" label in the pic 🙄

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    #88

    Close-up of an Australian moth against a starry sky illustrating interesting facts about moth navigation using the Milky Way stars.

    These moths don't need GPS. They use the galaxy.
    Research confirms Bogong moths navigate over 1,000 kilometers using the Milky Way and specific star patterns. They're the first insects ever proven to have celestial navigation.
    A tiny moth looking up at the stars and knowing exactly where to go.
    Source: Current Biology

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    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nah, I'm waiting on butterflies that can read tarot cards.. now that's a skill I wish to see in a flying creature

    Francois
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How on Earth did they discover this?

    Lotekguy
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also believe in astrology.

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    #89

    Illustration of a bumblebee interpreting light pulses similar to Morse code revealing interesting facts about animal behavior.

    Bees just passed a code-breaking test.
    A 2025 study found bumblebees can recognize and follow simple patterns of light pulses to locate hidden sugar rewards. They decoded the sequence like Morse code.
    A tiny insect brain solving pattern recognition puzzles we thought required higher intelligence.
    Source: Current Biology

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    #90

    Giant prehistoric monster shark with glowing eye next to a megalodon, illustrating interesting facts that rethink history.

    Megalodon wasn't the first giant.
    Scientists dated ancient shark vertebrae to 15 million years earlier than expected. This predator dominated before the famous mega-shark even existed.
    The ocean's history just got rewritten.
    Source: Paleontology Research

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With glowing eyes though? 😅

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is getting too much . . . . . . I am laughing too hard . . . . . . . Thankfully this is the last one.

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like Bruce from "Finding Nemo"

    Kelly Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australia. Raise your hand if you're surprised.

    Laura Gillette
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh so THERE are the sharks with the frikkin laser beams on their heads!! They were in Australia all along

    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    do not go near water in Australia, got it! thanks, good to now!

    #91

    Ancient bees nesting inside extinct animal teeth and bones illustrating interesting facts that may make you rethink things.

    When there's no soil, you improvise.
    A 2025 study revealed that ancient Caribbean bees built their nests inside the empty tooth sockets of extinct sloths and hutias. They lined the cavities with wax and raised their young inside bones.
    Ten thousand years ago, bees were turning skulls into nurseries.
    Source: Journal of Paleontology

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    #92

    Palm tree flowering and fruiting entirely underground revealed as an interesting fact to rethink common plant knowledge.

    This plant doesn't need sunlight to reproduce.
    Pinanga subterranea was discovered in Borneo producing flowers and fruit buried deep in soil. Somehow it still gets pollinated underground.
    Locals knew about the "sweet treat" for years before science caught up.
    Source: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Com on BP, time to fix this 'hiding your links' thing you've got going on! 🧙‍♂️

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously! This is maddening when they only produce this AI slop.

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago

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    Maybe doesn't need sunlight to reproduce, but have green leafs so it needs sunlight to grow. Pinanga_su..._Baker.jpg Pinanga_subterranea-novataxa_2023-Randi_Baker.jpg

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    #93

    A pond frog swallowing a giant hornet whole, showcasing interesting facts about nature’s surprising survival skills.

    This frog eats hornets from the inside out.
    Scientists found a pond frog completely immune to giant hornet venom. It swallows them whole and survives repeated stings inside its stomach.
    The hornet fights back. The frog doesn’t care.
    Source: Journal of Herpetology

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    Kelly Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can we get some of those frogs up here in Washington state now?

    ADHD
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, you lot voted in a n**i pedophile and are now destabilizing the world, you dont deserve anti hornet frogs.

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    ADHD
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ppl stopped caring about this 20 years ago, jfc

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    #94

    Anatomical illustration showing muscle tear causing soreness after workout, highlighting interesting muscle facts you may rethink.

    Soreness doesn't mean progress. It means damage.
    Those aches come from micro-tears and inflammation, not gains. Muscles grow during recovery, not during pain.
    You can build strength with zero soreness. Consistency beats suffering.
    Shared for informational purposes only.
    Source: Exercise Physiology Research

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    Kitty Litter
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's how you build muscle, you tear your muscle then it heals and rebuilds larger and stronger, this is not new information so, yes pain equals gain if you have proper nutrition and rest while you're training.

    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    workouts are bad, OK , got it! bye, and thanks for all the fish

    Facefullopubes
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Micro tears, nothing like the huge rip illustrated.

    BioMom
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You never make new muscle cells, they just get bigger.

    #95

    Tiny brain implant on fingertip connects human mind to computer, showcasing interesting facts that may make you rethink understanding.

    It's thinner than a human hair. And it reads your thoughts.
    The BISC implant, unveiled in December 2025, uses AI to decode brain signals into movement. No bulky wires. No visible hardware. Just a microscopic chip translating intention into action.
    Mind-controlled technology just became invisible.
    Source: Nature Biotechnology

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    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL would be like : left index finger on nose + left thumb on chin + right index finger in left ear, right?

    Val
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, big brother. No thank you.

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worst oversimplification I have seen (in the last three minutes of reading these entries).

    Peeka_Mimi
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not good. Someone will weaponize that.

    Did I say that out loud?
    Community Member
    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mind-controlled technology or technology-controlled mind?

    Lotekguy
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the computer is connected to the FBI and NSA.

    Seadog
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My thoughts stray on so may things simultaneously, I'd blue screen a computer in less than a minute.

    Brian Droste
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know I wouldn't want any chip or technology reading my mind. I wonder how people, if we could read their thoughts, we would be disgusted with them. This world is already depraved as it is. We don't need to know other people's thoughts are.

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    #96

    Earth with its original moon and second moon in space illustrating interesting facts about Earth's moons and orbit.

    We have a new moon. Temporarily.
    Astronomers confirmed that asteroid 2025 PN7 has been captured by Earth’s gravity. It’s now orbiting us as a “mini-moon.”
    It’ll stay until 2038, then drift back into deep space. A cosmic visitor just passing through.
    Source: NASA / Minor Planet Center

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    #97

    Visualization of the hottest object created by physicists at 13 million Kelvins, an interesting science fact.

    Hotter than the surface of the sun. In a lab.
    Scientists successfully levitated a glass sphere that reached an effective temperature of 13 million Kelvins. The hottest human-made object in history.
    We just out-heated a star.
    Source: Physical Review Letters

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    Unicorn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next we'll be reading about Celsiuses and Fahrenheits.

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't done the research yet, but I'm willing to bet there are more more guys named Kelvin than Celsius or Fahrenheit. Perhaps more than both of them put together.

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The surface of the sun is merely 5 772 K! 😅

    Austzn
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It wouldn't still be a solid sphere at those temps; everything turns to plasma at a certain point and it isn't 13 million K. Also, we have operating fusion test reactors that beat that temp by a lot.

    #98

    Invisible bacteria made using octopus camouflage proteins, a fascinating interesting fact that may make you rethink biology.

    Octopuses vanish using light-reflecting proteins. Now bacteria can too.
    In a lab breakthrough, scientists transferred octopus camouflage proteins into bacteria, creating living material that can turn invisible.
    We just gave microbes a superpower stolen from the ocean.
    Source: Nature Communications

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    WindySwede
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    4 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that doesn't sound too good..?

    Glix Drap
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who said that? [looks around the room]

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    panamot
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    * spoiler alert * * * I can still see the bacteria in the picture labeled "invisible bacteria"

    Unicorn
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    Mary Kelly
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    jesus!...they didn't "teach" the bacteria....they cloned the gene responsible for making the proteins into the bacteria...the bacteria then produce the proteins.......the proteins don't make octopuses or bacteria invisible...

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AI needs to learn how to spell the word "protein" correctly.

    Unicorn
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AI also needs to learn the word bacterium -- and it looks highly invisible!

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    #99

    Rare fish thought extinct for 70 million years photographed alive underwater, revealing interesting facts that may change understanding.

    The coelacanth wasn’t supposed to exist anymore.
    In 2025, marine biologists in Indonesia photographed the “living fossil” swimming in the Maluku Archipelago. First wild image ever captured.
    70 million years after it supposedly vanished, it’s still down there. Alive.
    Source: Marine Biology International

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    Dr. Wu
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually re-discovered Dec 22 1938, off the coast of Africa.

    Multa Nocte
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    3 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bu‍ll‍sh‍it on this one. We've known about them since 1938 and there are many pix of them. "The first living species, Latimeria chalumnae, the West Indian Ocean coelacanth, was described from specimens fished off the coast of South Africa from 1938 onward; they are now also known to inhabit the seas around the Comoro Islands off the east coast of Africa. The second species, Latimeria menadoensis, the Indonesian coelacanth, was discovered in the late 1990s, which inhabits the seas of Eastern Indonesia, from Manado to Papua." Wiki Diki

    Kelly Scott
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought there was a photograph of it when it was first found in 1938.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kelly Scott: the 1938 discovery was of a dead fish. There are two coelacanth species. This is about the first photo of a live Sulawesi coelacanth in the wild - October 2024, reported in April 2025. The West Indian Ocean coelacanth has been spotted and filmed alive much more often - I can't find out when that first happened, but underwater remotely operated vehicles have filmed them occasionally since 2000 (four times from 2000 to 2019 - not a lot, but still).

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    Jared C
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There have been photos since the 1930s, true. Of dead fish. This was the first photo of a live one in the wild.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jared C: the Wikipedia article on coelacanths has a 2019 photo of a living one taken in the wild. The April 2025 photograph mentioned was the first photo of live Sulawesi coelacanth in the wild. The West Indian Ocean coelacanth has been filmed much more often. Links follow.

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    #100

    Futuristic AI robot analyzing a glowing DNA strand representing interesting facts about genetics and technology.

    A machine just wrote life from nothing.
    In late December, an AI successfully designed a complete working genome for a bacteria-destroying virus. No human template. No copying nature. Pure artificial creation.
    We just crossed a line we can't uncross.
    Source: Nature Biotechnology

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    Bill Swallow
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dr. Frankenstein - "And all this time, I've been doin' it the HARD way!"

    Lotekguy
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    3 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't be better off with bacteria that k**l viruses? They seem to be the more problematic types of microbe these days.

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