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Science
Space, biology, physics, and discoveries that redraw the map.
The facts behind Fairy circle.
Fairy circles are circular patches of barren land, varying between 2 and 12 metres in diameter, often encircled by a stimulated growth of grass.
Read moreThe simple version of Mycorrhiza.
A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant, in which fungal hyphae and plant roots become interconnected and form an…
Read moreThe simple version of Echolocation.
Echolocation is the use of sound as a form of navigation.
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History
Strange turning points, forgotten names, and moments that still echo.
Press Release: The Factology Daily Growth Update
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Factology Daily Growth Update: 2,300+ Facts, Dug In Deep The Factology Daily today shared a growth milestone: the publication has…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Factology Daily Launches: One Interesting Fact, Dug In Deep The Factology Daily today announced its launch at thefactologydaily.com, a publication…
Read moreThe Conversation Nobody Is Having: What Medicine Actually Has for Women Who Struggle to Orgasm
I saw a Women’s Health piece float through my feed this week — the one about millions of women struggling to reach orgasm, and…
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Psychology
Attention, memory, habit, emotion, and the mind at work.
The surprising truth about Chunking.
In cognitive psychology, chunking is a process by which small individual pieces of a set of information are bound together to create a meaningful…
Read moreThe real story behind Working memory.
Working memory is a cognitive system with a limited capacity that can hold information temporarily.
Read moreThe facts behind Eidetic memory.
Eidetic memory, also known as photographic memory and total recall, is the ability to recall an image from memory with high precision—at least for…
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Bizarre
Odd records, rare phenomena, and true stories that sound impossible.
Why The Hum still gets people talking.
The Hum is a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise audible to many, but not all, people in an area.
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The facts behind Hessdalen lights.
The Hessdalen lights are unidentified lights which have been observed in a 12-kilometre-long (7.5 mi) stretch of the Hessdalen valley in rural central Norway…
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Marfa lights deserves a closer look.
The Marfa lights are an optical phenomenon regularly observed near Marfa, Texas, in the United States.
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Cambrian explosion is not quite what it seems.
The Cambrian explosion is an interval of time beginning approximately 538.8 million years ago in the Cambrian period of the early Paleozoic, when a…
Read moreThe facts behind Burgess Shale.
The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.
Read moreThe surprising truth about Checker shadow illusion.
The checker shadow illusion is an optical illusion published by Edward H.
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Noctilucent cloud is not quite what it seems.
Noctilucent clouds (NLCs), or night shining clouds, are tenuous cloud-like phenomena in the upper atmosphere.
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The real story behind Mansa Musa.
Mansa Musa was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign.
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The surprising truth about Extremophile.
An extremophile is an organism that is able to live or even thrive in extreme environments, such as extreme temperature, pressure, radiation, salinity, or…
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