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September 23, 2023, 13:30
Afraid of Water Yet Spent Nearly His Whole Life at Sea: The Incredible Story of the Explorer Thor HeyerdahlA theory in bright wrapping but without proof in practice is nothing but an empty sound – so believed the great Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl. «I…
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September 20, 2023, 09:00
Secrets of the Borgia Family: For the Sake of Power, It Poisoned Hundreds of PeopleAnd Rodrigo Borgia, also known as Pope Alexander VI Borgia, would greet his guests with a radiant smile and, embracing each by the shoulders, seat th…
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September 17, 2023, 15:00
Pilots Explain Why They Always Wear Long-Sleeved Clothing During FlightsMany people have probably wondered why pilots never wear short-sleeved shirts. Only long sleeves, and sometimes a uniform jacket on top as well. And …
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September 10, 2023, 07:30
Historians Believe Untold Treasures Are Kept Behind the Secret Door of a Temple in IndiaFive of its six vaults are open – and full of treasures. Gold, silver, diamonds and other precious stones, coins, jewelry, vessels – too many to coun…
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September 9, 2023, 07:30
Blue Bay: A New Shepherd Breed Resembling a Wolf Has Taken Over Social MediaThis light-eyed Blue Bay Shepherd, originally from the USA, resembles a wild wolf, but its coat has shades tending toward blue. With a very dense coa…
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September 8, 2023, 08:00
«Bulletproof Gustave»: The Giant Crocodile That Held an Entire Country in FearAt the beginning of the 21st century, the people of Burundi – a small African country often shaken by civil wars – feared another problem more than f…
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September 3, 2023, 09:00
Alexander Selkirk: The Real-Life Prototype of Robinson Crusoe, Greatly Embellished by DefoeWhen the famous writer met Alexander Selkirk, who had lived alone on the uninhabited island of Más a Tierra for almost five years, he immediately rea…
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September 2, 2023, 09:00
An Anthill the Size of a City: What the Building Home to 20,000 People Looks LikeIn the Chinese city of Hangzhou (a major financial and economic center of China), the construction of a huge, upscale hotel was planned. With luxurio…
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September 1, 2023, 06:00
Meteorologists Explain What the Probability of Precipitation Percentages in a Forecast Actually MeanEvery time we open the weather forecast and see something like: «the probability of precipitation is 30%», we immediately fall into a stupor, trying …
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August 30, 2023, 10:00
How the Asmat Live: The Tribe of Fierce Cannibals of New GuineaAnd it seems that just a little more – and all the doubts inspired by the incredible and terrible rumors about the bloodthirstiness of the Asmat peop…
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August 28, 2023, 14:00
The Story of Marguerite de la Rocque: The French Noblewoman Exiled to the Isle of Demons for LoveThe 16th century – an age of great geographical discoveries and other renowned achievements of humanity – was, alas, not free of barbaric traditions,…
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August 26, 2023, 13:30
«The Apple of Death»: Where the Most Dangerous Tree on Earth Grows and What It Looks LikeChristopher Columbus called the fruit of this tree «manzanilla de la muerte», or «little apple of death». The manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella) …
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August 25, 2023, 09:00
Lost in the Tham Luang Nang Non Cave: How a Children’s Soccer Team Was Rescued Over 3 WeeksCarelessness that turned into sacrificial heroism, a desire for fame that ended in a loud scandal, strange deaths and a miraculous rescue – you will …
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August 24, 2023, 15:00
Forgotten on Clipperton Island: A Horrific Tragedy in Which Only 12 People SurvivedA barely visible dot on the map – that is the tiny Clipperton atoll, lost in the expanses of the great Pacific Ocean. This unremarkable scrap of land…
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August 22, 2023, 09:00
They eat more than they weigh: the 13 most voracious animalsThe average whale eats around 2 tons of krill every day, and some large blue whales eat up to 6 tons. Blue whales in the waters of the North Pacific …
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August 21, 2023, 13:00
Not just the chicken: 10 birds that cannot flyEndemic to New Zealand, the kakapo is the only flightless parrot in the world. Although kakapos cannot fly, they are excellent tree climbers. Sometim…
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August 21, 2023, 08:00
5 animals that have several heartsSome creatures need more than one heart to keep blood flowing throughout their bodies.
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August 19, 2023, 13:30
An expert explains why you should not kill the spiders that live in your homeA folk superstition says that seeing a spider in your home means money is coming. But not everyone is ready to believe it. Especially those who are t…
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August 19, 2023, 06:00
The world of pink ponies exists! An astrophysicist has worked out the exact real-world location of Barbie Land Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson loves hunting down and exposing scientific mistakes and bloopers in Hollywood films. But with «Barbie» he took a …
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August 18, 2023, 17:00
Listen closely: 5 birds that sing surprisingly sweetly at nightPerhaps the most famous nocturnal singer. We usually hear its voice in summer; for the winter the nightingale flies off to warm up in Africa. Its son…
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