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Judas goats
What does the biblical figure who betrayed Jesus have to do with goats in the Galápagos?
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Short facts that have piqued my interest recently.
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Pounding the hashtag
We all know the hashtag nowadays as the lingua franca of labelling content. Where did it come from though?
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A real feeling about eels
What mystery puzzled both Aristotle and Freud? What did the German biologist, Max Schultze, mean on his deathbed by the last unsettled question; "the eel question?"
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More than you ever wanted to know about turkey
A rabbit hole, which journeys across ancient civilisations, trade, the dark ages and the new world.
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The case of the colour changing dog poo
Cast your mind back to those rocky, calcified remains that your parents told you not to touch when you were an inquisitive child.
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The prehistory of Magnolias
The earliest flowering plant likely looked like a magnolia.
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Where does a cappuccino get its colour from?
The tasty beverage "cappuccino" doesn't get its name from a description of the method by which the coffee is made.
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Avocados; an ecological anachronism
Avocados have no reason to be around.
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Stromatolites at Shark Bay
These microbial mats in Shark Bay are remnants of Earth's distant past.
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Horses almost went extinct
Imagine human development without horses.
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The 31 GPS satellites
Did you know that all GPS satellites are owned by the US?
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NFTs, or the Beanie Babies of the 21st Century
"Irrational exuberance" was coined by then Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan in respect of the internet bubble in the 90's.