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A person with normal clotting ability would have to lose nearly 40 percent of his blood immediately to die of blood loss. The arteries with this
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Hoo, boy. After years of speculations — as well of years of pretty much everyone knowing about it although everyone in power denied it — the U.S. government released a classified document confirming that Area 51 is a real government testing site.
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The Minshan Mountain Range is situated in the north of China’s Sichuan Province. An area of outstanding natural beauty it is home to a four kilometer stretch of travertine landforms and pools. Even in its home country the place is relatively little-known. Yet Huanglong, literally Yellow Dragon, is a place of wonders.
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Photograph by rcbryson on Flikr On display at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum at the United States National Arboretum is this remarkable Japanese White Pine (Pinus parviflora 'Miyaj...
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Reykjavík may be the country’s capital, but the rift valley of Þingvellir (pronounced “thing-vet-lir”) is the true heart of the Icelandic state. Over a thousand years ago, the country’s first parliaments were convened here, adding historical significance to an area of unbelievable natural beauty.
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Standing in front of the church at Skálholt, my mind wasn’t occupied by the magnificent natural scenery of the location, but rather by its quiet solitude. “This was once the largest town in Iceland?” Unbelievable, and so I asked my question again, this time aloud in a thunderous voice. Why not? It’s not as though there was anyone around to hear me.
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The speed of light in a vacuum stands at “exactly 299,792,458 metres per second“.
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The olinguito lives in the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador, is most active at night, eats mainly fruit and rarely climbs down from trees.
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Professor Zhang Lin has spent six years shifting rocks and rubble to the roof of this apartment block to create this mountaintop penthouse, in Beijing, China. But neighbours are worried the building is about to collapse.
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Folks are always inventing new ways to produce sound. At the same time, we learn of traditional instruments from all over that are unlike any we've seen before. Here are some more in a continuing series on strange and wonderful musical instruments.
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Warning: This is not an actual food item and is non-edible. There‘s a stuffed dragon head inside the can. (SPOILERS!) |
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In 1919 a wave of syrup swept through the streets of Boston. Fluid dynamics explains why it was even more devastating than a typical tsunami
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Copehill Down is situated on Salisbury Plain in the English county of Wiltshire. Built on the windswept chalk plateau it looks, at a cursory glance, a peaceful and welcoming place. Stonehenge is just a short drive away and the area around it is rich with history. Yet look again and you get the feeling that something isn’t quite right. Where are the people? And the houses – the architecture doesn’t look quite as English as perhaps it should.
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We've all noticed the difference in price at the grocery store as we stand scratching our heads, but have you ever stopped to wonder what the difference really is between white and brown eggs?
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Sushi is delicious, and at the end of the day there are few ways to really get it wrong, but this graphic from I Love Coffee and illustrated by The Oatmeal can help you up your sushi game and enjoy the experience a bit more.
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During the summer of 1963, Earth looked a tiny bit like Saturn. The same year that Martin Luther King, Jr. marched on Washington and Beatlemania was born, the United States launched half a billion whisker-thin copper wires into orbit in an attempt to install a ring around the Earth. It was called Project West Ford, and it’s a perfect, if odd, example of the Cold War paranoia and military mentality at work in America’s early space program.
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The People's Park in central Henan province substituted a Tibetan mastiff when its resident African lion went off to a breeding center.
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Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge just northeast of Þingvellir, is the Haukadalur valley: an especially restless area of geothermal activity. In addition to many other bubbling pools of rotten-smelling sulfur, Haukadalur is home to Geysir. This is the original; the one which gave its name to the word we use for all others.
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It was an amazing experience to stand on the cliffs of Þingvellir and survey the rift valley where two tectonic plates are separating. But even more amazing? Flying over that same valley. I think I know why so many birds spend their summers in Iceland. They enjoy the view.
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Big Ben vs Eiffel Tower? Tate vs Louvre? London vs Paris? The two cities are akin in their wealth of culture, but who would win if the rival schools were pit against each other? That is exactly wha...
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Yes, that’s right. A volcanic plug. Take a look at this amazing place. Taung Kalat, located in central Burma, thirty miles or so from the ancient city of Bagan towers above the earth like some sort of giant’s sand castle. Atop it there is a Buddhist monastery which rests upon the precipitous volcanic plug.
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