Where is the longest beaver dam in the world?
Beaver dam: Beavers, perhaps, are the most ambitious builders among all representatives of the animal world. Of course, termites, bees, or weavers are also able...
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The mysterious labyrinth of amenemhat III in Ancient Egypt
Mysterious labyrinth: In Ancient Egypt, it was built not only the pyramids and temples with giant statues and columns but more mysterious objects. For example,...
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Khan Shatyr in Astana: how was it possible to build such a grand tent
Khan Shatyr: Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, boasts many unusual objects made with Asian luxury, but according to the plans of European architects. One such...
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Berlin golden hat: an ancient calendar or a headdress of a wizard of the Bronze Age
Berlin golden hat: Among all the exhibits of the Museum of prehistory and early history in Berlin, this ancient artifact is probably the most mysterious....
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Ancient technologies in the 21st century: why ropes made of jute and hemp are still relevant?
Despite the fact that we live in an era of rapid progress and of synthetic materials, ropes made according to old technology, using natural plant...
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Drake Strait – The most stormy place on the planet
Drake Strait – Cruise liners do not go here, and cargo ships prefer the other way if you want to go around South America from...
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Japanese students have become the most famous paintings of the world
Most famous paintings: Kawasaki is a Japanese city located between Tokyo and Yokohama, known for its heavy industry, open-air folk museums, and the country’s largest...
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19 vintage photos of how people worked before AutoCAD appeared
Worked before AutoCAD: The technological process leads to the disappearance of some professions. But in the case of people involved in graphics and other types of...
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The canal “Eurasia” where going to build a new canal from the Caspian to the Black sea
The canal “Eurasia”: Despite the fact that today there is a waterway from the Black to the Caspian Sea, the idea of creating a full-fledged...
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Scientists have figured out which cities are most contributing to the greenhouse effect
Greenhouse effect: Scientists use the term carbon footprint to determine the impact of large cities on the planet’s ecosystem. This concept is used to denote...
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Eggs with a surprise: what’s inside the Faberge eggs
Faberge eggs — the famous series of jewelry, made by Carl Faberge in the period from 1885 to 1917. Each egg is unique both in...
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Big tigerfish in the Congo River: even crocodiles avoid encounters with it
Big tigerfish in the Congo River: If in the waters of the Amazon the most voracious and bloodthirsty fish are predatory piranhas, in Africa this...
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Water crisis: a new device for obtaining water from the air
Water crisis: For most people in developed countries problems with drinking water does not exist: we can always open the tap and outflow the water....
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Earth has found two more satellites in the form of gas clouds
Any inhabitant of the Earth without hesitation will tell you that our planet has only one satellite, the Moon. But as it turned out, satellites...
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How to cause rain: China plans to improve the climate
Experiments with the weather in the modern world is no surprise: scientists have learned how to disperse clouds, to provoke local rainfall, prolonged drought, and...
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The strongest ship in the world that can roll 90 degrees
Strangest ship: At the disposal of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA) is perhaps the most unusual research vessel from all, ever created by scientists....
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Why polar bears don’t eat penguins?
The polar bears are the largest and most dangerous predatory mammal on land. The weight of representatives of the family of Bears can reach 400-800...
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Flight attendants talked about their most unusual discoveries on the plane
Most unusual discoveries: Each of us, at least once in our life, accidentally left something in a taxi, bus, subway, or train. But very often...
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Astrobiologist told and showed how he lives in Antarctica at a temperature of -80ºC
Cyprian Verso — scientist and astrobiologist working at the most remote research base in the world, the Concordia station in Antarctica. Even the ISS is...
