Mineral Found In Meteorite Never Seen In Nature Before
Scientists have just found a mineral in a meteorite never before seen in nature, according to CNN. Here's the story of a little mineral called Edscottite.
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Why The World's Largest Flower Smells Like Rotting Corpses
Who knows why you're hellbent on nabbing the world's biggest flower? Maybe you need to apologize to your significant other for making the world's biggest mistake. But here it is. Meet Rafflesia arnoldii, heavyweight champion of the world of flowers.
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University Of Phoenix Agrees To Cancel $141 Million Of Student Loan Debt
In a big win for countless financially-strapped young adults across the nation, the University of Phoenix has agreed to cross out $141 million in student loan debt, reports NBC News.
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Arizona Man Registers Swarm Of Bees As Emotional Support Animals
Emotional support animals have become a bit of a sticky subject. Recognizing how sticky things have become, an Arizona man set out to make them even stickier by registering the sweetest of all animals -- bees. The craziest part? It actually worked.
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Bill Nye Is Suing Disney For $28 Million
In 2017, "Science Guy" Bill Nye joined the ant-Mickey Mouse Club and jointly filed a $28 million lawsuit against Disney. Per the LA Times, in December 2019, a court allowed the case to proceed. Here's why Nye wants to throw the book at Disney.
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Who Was The World's First Billionaire?
John Davison Rockefeller was basically Daniel Plainview in that he was an oil man who had zero qualms about drinking your milkshake. And crossing him meant there would be blood. The owner of Standard Oil and founder of the University of Chicago became the world's first confirmed billionaire in 1916.
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Here's How Michael Bloomberg Spends His Billions
Though he's toyed with the idea in the past, it seems that billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a one-time Republican is actually running for president in 2020 as a democratic candidate. How does the richest man in New York and the ninth richest man in America spend his money?
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Here's How Bill Gates Spends His Billions
In November of 2019, Bill Gates managed to make the leap from second to first place on the list of the richest people in the world, with wealth valued at $110 billion. But what does he actually spend all those billions money on?
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What Really Happens To Cats When They Eat Too Much Catnip
If you own one of those L.A. party scene cats that loves to get wild, you're no doubt aware of the drug menace ensnaring so many of today's most promising cat youth. Catnip: the jazz cigarettes of feline culture. Here's what happens if your cat has too much catnip.
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The Untold Story Of Russia's All-Female Battalion Of Death
War is hell, but hell hath no fury like the Women's Battalion of Death. This is the untold story of Russia's all-female Battalion of Death
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The Real Reason Cats Like To Drink From A Sink
For many cat owners, there are three unavoidable constants in life: Death, taxes, and the fact that their feline friend will try to drink from the sink whenever it gets a chance. Let's find out why cats like to drink from a sink!
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What Would Happen To The Ocean If There Were No Whales?
If whales didn't exist, Jonah might have had to spend three days in the belly of an obese goldfish, which sounds super cramped. If these gargantuan animals vanished from existence, the world -- and the ocean -- would be in much worse shape.
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The Tiny Worm That Makes One Of The Loudest Noises In The Ocean
"Mouth-fighting" sounds like one of the oddly violent sports metaphors people use in reference to French kissing. But here the term describes battles between tiny underwater worms that live off the coast of Japan which produce one of the loudest, least affectionate sounds in the ocean.
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The Most Valuable Treasure Ever Discovered In The Ocean
The world's biggest ocean jackpot is Spanish galleon San José. Sunk in 1708, the ship may contain the biggest sunken treasure on Earth.
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Do Humans Share DNA With Dogs?
It probably won't come as a surprise that dogs and humans have a lot of genetic overlap. Seattle Pi writes that humans and dogs share about 84 percent of their DNA. Presumably that number is far higher for canines like McGruff the Crime Dog. But that's just the nature of living things.
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Who Will Be The World's First Trillionaire?
These days, $1 billion has become chump change to today's richest people. As their wealth continues ballooning, the world may soon see its first trillionaire, horrifyingly enough. Who's it going to be?
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Were Velociraptors Smarter Than Dogs?
It's tough to say how smart raptors were. There's no way to experience their behavior first hand, and intelligence is a spectrum. While velociraptors may not have been great at math, they might have excelled in sculpting or theological studies. But were they smarter than dogs?
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A Million Cannibal Ants Escape From Nuclear Bunker In Poland
In 2013, as Global News tells us, Polish insect researchers discovered a peculiar "lost" ant colony in a nuclear bunker. In 2016, they publicized its story. And in 2019, they verified the secret behind the colony's survival: Cannibalism.
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The Biggest Monkey In The World
What if humans were tasked with selecting a monkey king? To determine which ruler measures up, you'd first have to know the largest monkey species.
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How Many Millionaires Are In The World?
Those with $1 million or more, account for 45 percent of the world's total wealth. Guess how many of them there are... If your answer was 36 million, you're correct, according to Credit Suisse's Global Wealth Report.
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The Real Reason Dogs Kick Grass After They Poop
Science has managed to answer most of mankind's questions about dogs. But what about the big questions? The ones that keep us up at night? Why, one is forced to ask, shaking their fist to the heavens, do dogs kick up grass after dropping a deuce? And why should we give a poop?
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What Do Cats Dream About?
This just in: Scientists have invented a device that can access your kitty's brain and record all of his or her dream images. Just kidding. The truth is we will never really know exactly what cats dream about, but we can make a pretty good guess.
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The Most Poisonous Fruit For Dogs
While no toxic fruit belongs in a dog's mouth, the American Kennel Club makes a point of saying that "dogs should never eat grapes." Grapes, and their wrinkly counterparts, raisins, appear to be universally lethal to dogs and are liable to cause "acute sudden kidney failure."
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What Would Happen To Life On Earth If Plants Suddenly Disappeared?
What would happen to life on Earth if plants suddenly disappeared? Well, no one would ever have to eat Brussels sprouts again, that's for sure. But for the most part, the outlook for planet Earth in the absence of plant life is pretty terrible. Worse yet, Nature tells us we're already halfway there.
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Why Do Cats Knead?
Cats love to make biscuits. In case you don't happen to be a cat person and have no idea what we're talking about, "kneading" or "making biscuits" is when a cat steps on something soft and then alternately pushes on the soft surface with each foot (sometimes with, sometimes without claws). But why?
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The Most Poisonous Fruit For Cats
Despite the fact that you can buy non-alcoholic wine made specifically for your kitty, grapes may be poisonous to cats. So if you heard it through the grapevine that your cat likes grape-based wine, just understand that not only is "in vino veritas" not true in this case; it's potentially deadly.
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What Happens When A Snake Tries To Eat Itself?
Actual snakes sometimes try to eat their actual tails. What happens when a snake tries to eat itself?
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