One of the most striking characteristics of China’s Great Wall is that it doesn’t consist of one continuous wall; rather, it consists of several interconnecting walls and trenches across northern Chinese territory. Builders employed conventional building materials like earth and stone, but also employed an unexpected ingredient: sticky rice! This glutinous grain was an integral […]
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The great white shark is one of the most terrifying and misunderstood aquatic creatures, made famous by Steven Spielberg’s Jaws film. However, these terrifying predators may actually be much more fascinating than we realize. Discover some amazing facts about these intelligent predators: 1. They have 300 teeth when born! 1. They can smell blood from
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China is the most populous nation on earth and boasts an intriguing ancient history as well as an ever-expanding economy today. Many people assume table tennis, also known as ping pong in China, originated there; it actually hails from Great Britain. There’s also the persistent myth that soccer (known as football in China) originates in
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The Great Fire of London was one of London’s greatest disasters, starting on 2 September 1666 at Thomas Farrynor’s bakery and rapidly spreading through Pudding Lane Street and Fish Street Hill. London’s medieval layout, full of highly combustible structures made its spread more rapid. It was caused by a fire in a bakery On September
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Great white sharks offer more than they’re given credit for; they aren’t simply the intimidating monsters seen in movies; instead, they’re intelligent predators with stunning intelligence. Humans possess an amazing sense of smell and even possess the capability of sensing electricity with their noses! In fact, they contain pores on their snouts which allow electromagnetic
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When we think of sharks, our minds tend to conjure images of giant jaws containing hundreds of serrated teeth – yet few people realize that great white sharks do not consume food by chewing it first! These predators use their snouts to detect electrical fields generated by animals and objects in the water, even as
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The great white shark has become an icon of Hollywood due to films like Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. But there’s much more to discover about these magnificent predators beyond Hollywood depictions. Did you know that great white sharks have special organs called Ampullae of Lorenzini that enable them to detect electrical pulses of prey animals in
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