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History
Jun 14
The Great Pyramids Were Older to Cleopatra Than She Is to Us
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Science
Jun 15
Mushrooms Can Create Their Own Wind
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Science
Jun 16
Octopuses Have Three Hearts and Blue Blood
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History
Jun 17
The Shortest War in History Lasted 38 Minutes
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Science
Jun 18
There Is a Bacteria That Eats Plastic
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Science
Jun 19
Humans Share 60% of Their DNA with Bananas
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Science
Jun 20
The Monty Hall Problem Still Trips People Up
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Space
Jun 21
The Moon Is Drifting Away from Earth
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Science
Jun 22
The Most Radioactive Place Outside a Nuclear Plant Is a Hospital
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Nature
Jun 23
Wombat Poop Is Cube-Shaped
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Space
Jun 24
A Day on Venus Is Longer Than Its Year
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Nature
Jun 25
Honey Never Spoils
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Nature
Jun 26
The Immortal Jellyfish Can Live Forever
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Nature
Jun 27
Polar Bears Are Nearly Undetectable by Thermal Cameras
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Science
Jun 28
The Human Stomach Dissolves Razor Blades
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Space
Jun 29
A Single Teaspoon of Neutron Star Weighs 10 Million Tons
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Nature
Jun 30
The Smell of Rain Has a Name: Petrichor
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Culture
Jul 1
The Oxford English Dictionary Added 'Twerking' Decades After the Dance
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Culture
Jul 2
Japan Has More Pet Cats Than Pet Dogs for the First Time
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Culture
Jul 3
The Eiffel Tower Grows Six Inches in Summer
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Technology
Jul 4
The First Webcam Was Invented to Watch a Coffee Pot
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Technology
Jul 5
The Password '123456' Has Been Breached Over 23 Million Times
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Technology
Jul 6
The Entire Internet Weighs About the Same as a Strawberry
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Culture
Jul 7
Vatican City Has the Highest Crime Rate in the World
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Science
Jul 8
The Speed of Light Can Be Slowed Down
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Nature
Jul 9
Trees Can Communicate and Share Resources Underground
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Technology
Jul 10
The First Computer Bug Was a Real Moth
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Science
Jul 11
Your Brain Wires Itself Backward as a Baby
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History
Jul 12
Salt Once Served as Currency
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Space
Jul 13
The Observable Universe Contains More Stars Than Grains of Sand on Earth
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