Maerl beds, which look like coral reefs, are actually made up of thousands of pieces of living, calcified seaweed that interlock to form underwater "carpets" where rare marine life lives.
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Women are about twice as likely to get Alzheimer’s disease as men. But women who take estrogen as hormone therapy after menopause have fewer telltale neurological signs of Alzheimer’s disease after death than women who don’t.
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Rumors that Grand Duchess Anastasia had escaped her family's 1918 execution persisted for nearly 90 years, inspiring films and multiple impostors, until the discovery and DNA testing of the last missing Romanov remains in 2007 finally disproved them.
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Bullfrogs may have an antidote to deadly shellfish poisoning. A “sponge protein” produced by the American bullfrog mopped up the shellfish toxin in mice.
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More than 60,000 years ago, humans in southern Africa were engraving ostrich eggshells with intricate geometric patterns that appear far more organized than previously realized.
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TIL if earth's history was 1 calendar year starting Jan 1st, modern humans would appear on Dec 31st, after 11:30pm.
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Here’s a good fact, it’s ok to cry, infact it’s your brain real easing excess chemicals which is why you can cry from so many emotions. It is a pressure valve for emotions. So if you need a good cry, let it out, or it’ll build until it all gets released.
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Space Invaders was SO successful in the late 70s that Japan had a shortage of 100 yen coins.
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Did you know that, in formal letters and official documents of some European languages other than English, the mixed Roman and Arabic numerals can be used in numeric representations of dates? 28 July 2026 is written as 28.VII.2026
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If you travel from Fresno, CA airport through Fukuoka, Japan and landing in the new Donald J. Trump international airport would be FAT > FUK > DJT. Now that West Palm Beach FL A port is Donald J Trump. Nice fact
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