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Amazing Facts About Nature

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"Shake On It"

The Surprising Ancient Origins of the Handshake

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A Heart the Size of a Car

The Heart of a Blue Whale Can Weigh as Much as 400 pounds!

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The Sea Creature

With Over 100 Butts!

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Nature's Silk Bandages

The Healing Power of Spider Webs

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Venom as Medicine?

Scorpion Venom Is Being Used To Treat Cancer

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Holly's Prickly Secret

How This Plant Outsmarts Hungry Deer

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Nature's Sunscreen

How Hippos Stay Sun Safe

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Buzz Off!

Why Elephants Flee From Bees

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The EMTs of the Insect World

How Matabele Ants Save Their Own

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Breathing Away Fat

The Weird Way Your Body Turns Fat into Thin Air

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Hot or Cold?

Temperature Determines Turtle Genders

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Danish Manners

No 'Please,' No Problem

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Dust to Dust

We Shed 8 Pounds of Skin a Year

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Why Fear Turns Us into Statues

The Science Behind the Freeze Response

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Forest Chatter

The Hidden Language of Trees

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Trees

Where Do They Get Their Energy From?

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Half a Pint a Day

Keeps the Heat Away (from your feet)

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Nature's Oddballs

The Curious Case of the Argentine Lake Duck

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Sniffing Out Cancer

How Dogs Are Leading the Fight

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The Honeyguide’s Sweet Secret

Nature’s Treasure Hunt

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Flamingo Fandango

Dancing Through the Pink Parade

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The Sponge That Could Save Your Life

Medical Marvels from the Deep!

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Shadow Stalkers

The Stealthy Hunters of the Animal Kingdom

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Blue Blood Superpower

How Horseshoe Crabs Save Lives!

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Birds

The Secrets of Their Super-Powered Navigation

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Australia's Camels

A 19th-Century Road Trip Gone Wild!

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Flower Power

The Electric Attraction That Bees Can't Resist

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Thumbs Up

A Tiny Gesture with a Big History

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The Peace Sign - From War to Harmony

From War to Harmony

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Crossing Fingers

From Christian Roots to Modern Hope

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Bowing

The Art of Respect

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Fist Bump

The Friendly Punch with a Powerful History

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The Salute

Believe to Date Back to Knights in Shining Armor

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The Handshake

A Grasp Through Time

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High Five

The Lgendary Slap Heard Round the World

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Thumbs Down

The Ancient Gesture that Decided One's Fate

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The Heart's Little Gender Secret

Fast- Beat Females

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Recent Research Suggests That

Humans Can Distinguish Up To 1 Trillion Different Odors

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Blue Eyes

Nature's Stunning Generic Twist

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The Brain Uses 20% Of The Body's Total Energy Consumption

Despite making up only about 2% of the body's weight...

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The Average Lifespan Of A Tastebud

Is About 10 - 14 Days

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Dragonfly Drama

Faking Death to Dodge Unwanted Dates

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Spider Superpower

Hydraulics in Action

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Monarch Butterflies in Peril

The 59% Decline of a Winged Wonder

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The World’s Largest Known Extinct Dragonfly

Had a Wingspan of 28 inches

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Honeybees Have Five Eyes

And See the World Like Superheroes

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Dragonflies Have A 95% Success Rate

In Capturing Prey

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Ladybugs Play Dead

To Evade Predators

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​The Largest Beetle in the World

Can Be Over 6 inches Long

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Scorpion Venom Is Being Used To Treat Cancer

The venom of the Palestinian yellow scorpion has shown promising applications in the field of medicine...

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Nap Champs

Ants Sleep A Lot

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Meet The Hercules Beetle

Nature's Strongman over 6 inches long

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Cricket Math:

How to Count Chirps and Estimate Temperature

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Toughest Biological Material Known

Spider's Silk

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The Brain's Capacity For Storing Information

Is Virtually Limitless

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Heartbeats in Harmony

How Your Heart Syncs to the Rhythm of Music

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You Cannot Sneeze

While You Are Sleeping

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Almost Every Hair On The Human Body Is Associated With A Tiny Muscle Called The Arrector Pili Muscle

These small muscles are attached to hair follicles...

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Blink and You'll Miss It

The Science Behind Blinking

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The Unsung Heroes of Your Body

Red Blood Cells...

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Clear as Glass

The Cornea is Like a SuperHero

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The Human Brain Generates About 12-25 Watts Of Electricity

About 12-25 Watts Of Electricity

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Neurons in the Brain Transmit Information

At Speeds of up to 268 Miles Per Hour

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Where Does Fat Go

When You Lose Weight?

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Green Eyes are Relatively Rare

The Rare and Mysterious World of Green Eyes

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Meet Your Face's Secret Roommates

The Demodex Mites!

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Curly or Straight Hair

It's All About the Shape of Your Hair Follicles

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The Average Person Speaks

About 16,000 Words Per Day

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The Belly Button

The Untold Story of Your Navel

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The Night Time Secret

Why Children Grow When They Sleep

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The Longest Insect in the World is 25 inches Long.

The longest insect in the world is the Chan's megastick (Phryganistria chinensis)...

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Tiny Giants

Why Baby Pandas are so Small After Birth

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The Ultimate Traveler

How the Arctic Tern Conquers the Longest Migration on Earth!

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Hummingbird Eggs Are Very Tiny –

About The Size Of A Blueberry or Jellybean

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Mating Ritual Of Birds Of Paradise

Each species of bird of paradise has its own unique dance routine. These dances can include a variety of movements such as hopping...

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Glass Frogs

Have Translucent Skin

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Buffalo Ballots

Female Buffalos Take a Vote on the Move!

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Seahorse Secrets

5 Cool Facts About These Ocean Oddities

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Octopus Oddities

10 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Ultimate Escape Artist!

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Female Bats Give Birth

While Hanging Upside Down

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This Lizard Can Walk On Water

The "Jesus lizard" is a colloquial name given to several species of lizards in the genus Basiliscus...

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Dolphins May Eat Pufferfish

To Get High

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The Woodpecker's Secret

A Tongue Wrapped Around Its Brain!

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This Salamander Can Regrow Bones, Limbs, Muscles And Nerves

The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a unique amphibian native to Mexican lakes and canals, notably Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco...

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The Pacific Octopus Is A Hardworking Mama

The female Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) exhibits remarkable parental care to protect her eggs until they hatch...

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The Ultimate Cling

Male Anglerfish Often Permanently Attach Themselves To A Female

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Some Armadillos Commonly Give Birth To Quadruplets

The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), commonly gives birth to litters of identical quadruplets...

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Lizards Can Squirt Blood From Their Eyes As A Defense Mechanism

This behavior is observed in certain species of horned lizards, particularly the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum).

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Mouthful of Life:

The Jaw-Dropping Parenting of This Interesting Male Fish

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Speed Demons

Cheetahs are the Fastest Land Animals

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The Immortal Jellyfish

Can Reverse Its Aging Process

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Meerkats Take Turns

Babysitting For Each Other's Children

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Love Gone Wild

The Strangest Mating Rituals in the Animal Kingdom

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The Blue Whale

Has A Heart The Size Of A Golf Cart

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Baby Pandas Are Very Little When They Are Born

Baby pandas, also known as cubs, are remarkably small when they are born...

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Frogs Can Be Frozen

And Come Back To Life

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Mozart Used Some Of His Pet Starlings' Tunes

In His Compositions

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Male Pufferfish Create Incredibly Elaborate Patterns

In The Sand To Attract A Mate

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Wombats have Cube-Shaped poop.

Nature's Bizarre Building Blocks

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The Polar Bear's Secret

Why Their Fur Isn't Really White

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