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Space, biology, physics, and discoveries that redraw the map.
The 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.
Read moreHorseshoe crab deserves a closer look.
Horseshoe crabs are arthropods of the family Limulidae and the only surviving xiphosurans.
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History
Strange turning points, forgotten names, and moments that still echo.
Why You Can’t Tickle Yourself (and What It Proves About Your Brain)
Try it right now: run a fingertip across your own ribs. Nothing. Now imagine someone else doing it — you flinch before they even…
Read moreThe surprising truth about Battle of Mactan.
The Battle of Mactan was fought on a beach in Mactan Island between Spanish forces led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan along with…
Read morePress Release: The Factology Daily Launches
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…
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Psychology
Attention, memory, habit, emotion, and the mind at work.
Ebbinghaus illusion still raises strange questions.
The Ebbinghaus illusion or Titchener circles is an optical illusion of relative size perception.
Read moreAmes room still raises strange questions.
An Ames room is a distorted room that creates an optical illusion.
Read moreThe 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…
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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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The 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…
Read moreThe surprising truth about Checker shadow illusion.
The checker shadow illusion is an optical illusion published by Edward H.
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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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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