Category: Featured
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Why do Gloster Canary birds have bowl haircuts?
The Gloster Canary is a popular cage bird known for its unique hairstyle and dynamic singing voice. The bird’s bowl haircut, also known as bushy, rounded ‘crests,’ resembles the signature hairstyle of The Beatles, notably Ringo Starr. The Gloster Canary exists in yellow, green, and brown color variations. This chubby and cute wig-wearing little bird…
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Coron Island in the Philippines: The most beautiful island in the world?
Coron Island, in the north of the Palawan Province, Philippines, ranks as one of the world’s most beautiful islands. Coron Island epitomizes paradise with its tropical blues, pristine white beaches, and scenic lagoons. Its shallow-water coral reefs and freshwater lakes only add to its stunning ecological allure. It boasts a population of 51,803 people. However,…
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Is Daisugi Real? The Ancient Japanese Tree-Growing Technique
The Japanese forestry method for harvesting wood, daisugi (meaning “cedar table”), goes as far back as the 14th century to solve a seedling shortage in Kyoto. Yes, Daisugi is real, not a hoax. Let’s explore the ancient Japanese technique for growing trees out of trees. The 700-year-old technique involves pruning a tree’s branches like giant…
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Rejected designs for the Eiffel Tower
When Gustave Eiffel and French designers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier unveiled their groundbreaking concept for the Eiffel Tower in the 1880s, the Parisian artistic community wasn’t impressed. Intellectuals like Charles Garnier and Guy de Maupassant criticized it as an eyesore, igniting the infamous “Artists Against the Eiffel Tower” petition. The Original Eiffel Tower Designs…
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The Tasmanian Giant Crab is the king of crabs
Add the Tasmanian Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas) to one of the animals you’ll want to see in person one day. The crab’s immense size and un(stealthy) appearance make it a captivating sight for animal lovers and fishermen alike. But where does one buy Tasmanian Giant Crab? Read on to find out. How big is the…
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Hiking Hawaii’s Stairway to Heaven: Legality and Deaths
For many adventurers, the Haiku Stairs, or Hawaii’s Stairway to Heaven, represents an unrivaled hiking experience. Spanning approximately 3,922 steps and ascending about 2,120 feet from the valley floor to the Ko’olau mountain range’s peak, the trail’s allure is undeniable. But the haunting beauty of the stairs comes with a hefty dose of reality concerning…
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Dún Briste Sea Stack: The power of Ireland’s astonishing rock
Dun Briste is a 150-foot sea stack off County Mayo on the western coast of Ireland, at Downpatrick Head. According to the legend, this impressive landmark broke off the mainland during a massive sea storm in 1393. Ships rescued those living on the cliffs who’d fallen into the water. During the 1980s, scientists discovered remnants…
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Why do Dong Tao chickens have massive Legs?
Some species boggle the imagination in the realm of exotic poultry, shattering our conventional understanding of “chicken-ness.” One such creature, with an appearance as fascinating as its history, is the Dong Tao chicken. Sporting monstrous, scaly legs thicker than a man’s wrist or red brick, the Dong Tao, also known as the Dragon Chicken, is…
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The Wave in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located in North Coyote Buttes of the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument on the Arizona and Utah borders. The swirling stone waves combine water and wind-eroded sandstone dunes, calcified vertically and horizontally, and fossilized over 190 million years. The rich red-vermilion rocks get their colors from iron oxide pigments. Only 20…