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Bees could build flat honeycombs from just three shapes: squares, triangles or hexagons. But for some reason, bees choose hexagons. Always "perfect" hexagons. Why?
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Elevators have a simple task: take passengers from one floor to another safely. But it doesn't mean that they have to be boring.
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Nestled in the mountains of the Sierra de Guanajuato lies the beautiful colonial city of Guanajuato. The city was founded in 1554 next to one of the richest silver mining areas of Mexico. The 16th-century mining boom led to the construction of beautiful haciendas and fine colonial buildings.
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The only royal palace used by a monarch in the U.S. is located inHonolulu, Hawaii. It is the Iolani Palace and belonged to the monarchsKing Kalakaua and Queen Lili'uokalani until the monarchy was overthrown in 1893. The building then served as the capitol building until Hawaii became a state in 1959. Today the Iolani Palace is a museum.
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So you want to build the Enterprise. Don't we all! Well good news: according to some quick, messy, napkin math, it's possible. Kind of. The bad news? It's going to be stupid expensive. But not unfathomably so!
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, keeping us healthy and sharp.
But breakfast foods vary wildly from place to place. Inspired by a HostelBookers.com post by Victoria Philpott, we took a look at some classic breakfast choices from countries around the world.
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Constant improvement is what we do. So how amazing is it that there exist a handful of objects that, though 100 years old or more, are still perfect?
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Some of them were sold on the Communist lifestyle, some were looking for an escape from Western problems, and some were simply misled. |
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Hair-raising turns and sheer drops, guaranteed to haunt you for years
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What lies behind the 'spontaneity' of laughter? Robert Provine, in an extract from his book, Curious Behaviour, explores the psychology of a GSOH
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At first West Kasuran in Margodadi village and East Kasuran in the village of Margomulya appear no different from other relatively well developed hamlets in the country. Both in the district of Seyegan, Sleman regency, they have good infrastructure, including roads, electricity, schools, markets and small shops selling basic commodities. But they do have a unique difference - no kapok mattresses are found in the area due to an age-old taboo on their use (kapok is a fiber taken from the seed pod of the tropical kapok tree).
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Some islands were used for military purposes, for the construction of individual buildings or for permanent settlements in which people lived for centuries. However, loss of strategic position, natural disasters, nuclear tests or simply wish to live in civilization, led to the abandonment of these islands. This is a list of abandoned islands, where time has stopped, where homes, buildings and streets standing untouched for decades.
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Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street at 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in). In 2006 it surpassed the previous record (5.2 m, 17 ft) set by Elgin Street, Bacup, Lancashire. The street has only one address: the front door of No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel.
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Hilltop towns and hilltop villages are picturesque settlements nestled into the hillsides or on top of hills. They often date from the Middle Ages, and the most common reason for such geographical position is the protection from the invaders.
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You won't find bacon and eggs in most places.
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Sometimes the treatment is worse than the condition itself. |
