6 Forbidden Mountains You Can’t Climb Even for Money
Uluru, Australia. Since 2019, climbing the sacred rock has been banned. If you’ve ever looked at a mountain and wondered — what’s up there? — these six peaks won’t give...
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Clear explanations of surprising facts about the human body, everyday life, psychology, history, food, and the science behind familiar phenomena.
Why Tigers Are Older Than Lions and Aren’t Considered Close Relatives
How a tiger differs from a lion beyond appearance. Image source: livescience.com Lions and tigers seem similar: both are huge, both are predators, both belong to the genus Panthera, meaning...
Read more → Were we lied to about poplar fluff? It doesn’t actually cause allergies
Surprisingly, poplar fluff is not an allergen Do you also remember how there used to be noticeably more poplar trees in cities? Those tree-lined avenues along the roads, courtyards in...
Read more → Does Your Neck Hurt? Try Formula 1 Drivers’ Methods
Formula 1 drivers’ methods could save you from neck pain Formula 1 drivers experience forces of up to five G, which makes their heads five times heavier during high-speed turns....
Read more → Why Bird Cherry Blooms Exactly When Frost Returns
Bird cherry can’t influence the weather, but it’s still a good marker of spring Almost every spring, the same story repeats: after several genuinely warm days, the temperature suddenly drops,...
Read more → Is It True That Sorrel Is Healthier Than Lemon, and Who Should Actually Avoid It
Sorrel is considered one of the earliest types of greens, and it contains many beneficial substances Every spring, when the body particularly needs vitamins, sorrel is one of the first...
Read more → How a Student Tricked a Mac Screen and Accidentally Created Photoshop
How one student accidentally created Photoshop while trying to fix a computer in 1987 Thomas Knoll didn’t plan to create the most influential graphics editor in history. He simply wanted...
Read more → Stradivarius Violins Cost $16 Million, and Scientists Finally Understood What Makes Them Special
Scientists managed to create a virtual copy of a Stradivarius violin Authentic Stradivarius violins sell at auctions for $4–16 million, and the last one was made in 1737. Musicians fortunate...
Read more → The Most Ancient Forest on Earth: 390 Million Years Old and Not Where Everyone Thought
The most ancient forest on Earth is hidden in a small corner of England. The most ancient forest on Earth turned out to be not in the Amazon or Australia,...
Read more → $2.4 Million Treasure Found in Vienna: How It Happened
A chest of gold was found in an old house in Vienna During a basement renovation in a Viennese villa, a plumber discovered a rusty metal chest containing 30 kilograms...
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