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🦛 Hippos sleep in the water
Hippos have a reflex mechanism that allows them to surface, take a breath, and then dive back underwater without waking up, so they don't drown while sleeping.
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🦉 Owls’ eyes are not spherical, but cylindrical. It is very difficult to rotate such eyes, so nature unexpectedly compensated for this defect by allowing owls to rotate their heads 270 degrees.
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🦋 In Brazil, there are butterflies that emit a strong smell, so they are specially kept at home to scent the air.
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Cockroaches are able to flatten their body so much that they can fit through a crack as thick as a sheet of paper.
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The “extremely shocked” emoji 😱 was loosely based on the painting The Scream by Edvard Munch.
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Whale milk is 50% fat and so thick it won’t dissolve in water, allowing calves to drink straight from the ocean.
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In Japanese culture, the umbilical cord is given great importance. Mothers here keep their children's umbilical cords in special boxes called Kotobuki Bako.
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Thomas Wadhouse was an English circus performer who lived in the 18th century. He is most famously known for having the world's longest nose, which measured 7.5 inches (19 cm) long.
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📰 Political observers and analysts were stunned on Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal released a bombshell new report about President Donald Trump's activity on his personal social media network, Truth Social.
The Journal reported that Trump meant to send his September 20 post telling Attorney General Pam Bondi that the administration was "losing credibility" by not prosecuting former FBI Director James Comey as a direct message.
Instead, Trump posted it publicly, which caused Bondi to move forward with prosecuting Comey, according to the report. ⚖️
The report led observers and analysts to conclude that Trump may be conducting state business on his social media network, which may violate federal law and be used to evade accountability for illicit acts. 🚨
#Trump #Media
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Crocodiles shed tears as a result of the air trapped in their sinuses after eating their prey. So this has nothing to do with pain. For this reason, the expression crocodile sheds tears is used for people who do not feel sorry for something but pretend to be sad.
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🇩🇪 Germany is on the verge of deindustrialization - Die Zeit ⚠️
According to the publication of the German edition of Die Zeit, the German economy is undergoing structural changes that primarily affect the industrial sector 🏭. There is a significant reduction in well-paid jobs 💼⬇️, while the creation of new ones is slow ⏳. Experts point to a combination of several factors putting pressure on the labor market: decarbonization 🌱, digitalization 💻, high energy costs ⚡️, geopolitical instability 🌍 and foreign trade restrictions 📉.
According to the Federal Labor Agency, the unemployment rate in Germany in September increased by about 148 thousand people compared to the previous month 📊. The total number of unemployed has again exceeded three million — for the first time in the last ten years 😔. Despite the continued demand for labor in certain sectors, on average, the chances of finding employment remain low.
The changes in the production sector are particularly noticeable. Large enterprises, including employers such as Bosch, have announced large-scale plans to reduce staff 🏭❌. Experts emphasize that the transformation of the labor market is taking place simultaneously with the economic slowdown 📉. According to the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the number of vacancies in the second quarter of 2025 was 40% lower than the peak values at the end of 2022.
At the same time, changes are taking place in the structure of the economy: the role of traditional industry is decreasing, while the importance of digital and high-tech industries such as automation, robotics, quantum technologies and medical equipment is growing 🤖🔬. The public sector is also showing steady employment growth, especially in education 📚.
Experts emphasize the need to adapt the education and training system to new requirements 🎓, as well as to increase investment activity in scientific research and innovation 💡. Demographic ageing 👵👴, shortage of qualified personnel, declining competitiveness 📉, as well as the need for reforms in the field of energy supply and infrastructure ⚡️🏗 remain key challenges.
According to forecasts by Germany's leading economic institutions, minimal GDP growth of about 0.2% is expected in 2025 📈. Economic policy in the near future will focus on mitigating the effects of the transition period and creating conditions for sustainable development in the new economic realities 🌍.
#Germany #Industry #Crisis #LaborMarket #Economy #Innovation
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Bears have a strange habit: they sit just to admire nature 🐻
Stressed plants ‘cry’ — and some animals can probably hear them. Plants that need water or have recently had their stems cut produce up to roughly 35 sounds per hour, a recent study found. But well-hydrated and uncut plants are much quieter, making only about one sound per hour.
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Israel-Gaza war: peace at last or another round of escalation?
Donald Trump boasted about Israel approving of his Gaza peace plan.
“We’re right there, we’re right there,”
“This could be done the easy way or it can be done the hard way,”
“But it will be done.”
“full backing to do what you would have to do”.
A squirrel monkey named Miss Baker was one of the first animals launched into space by the United States, and she was recovered alive. She lived to be 27 years old, making her the longest-lived squirrel monkey, and her tombstone often has a banana or two on top of it.
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🪴 Aloe can live without water for seven years.
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🐸 Until the 1960s, there was an interesting pregnancy test in European countries - the urine of a supposedly pregnant woman was sent to a British laboratory, where it was injected into a toad. If after this the toad lays eggs for several hours, it means the woman is pregnant.
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🐦⬛️ When the first batch of sparrows was brought from Europe to America in 1850, the Americans were so delighted that they overfed them all to death.
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Interestingly, sunflowers usually face the sun, but if they don't find it, they turn to each other. 🌻
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Broccoli is a flower that is harvested before it blooms. If you leave it alone, it will bloom.
Broccoli is the plant's flower, and the part we eat is made up of immature buds. If left to grow, those compact green clusters open into small yellow blooms, becoming tougher in texture and more bitter in flavor-so it's harvested before flowering.
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🧛 Golden blood. Only 43 people in the world have it. It is suitable for transfusion to absolutely everyone, regardless of Rh factor. Carriers of this blood type are among the most valuable donors in the world.
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🤯 The most dangerous and deadly earthquake occurred on January 23, 1556, in Shaanxi, China. It caused about 830 thousand casualties.
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These are crinoid fossils, found in some UK rivers. Once thought to be fairy coins, They're also called 'star stones' & bring victory over your enemies...
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A walk in the forest softens the brain's reaction to unpleasant circumstances.
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This butterfly is half male and half female, split perfectly down the middle. It's called a bilateral gynandromorph, a rare natural occurrence where one side develops male traits and the other side female.
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Scientists have discovered that honeybee venom can destroy 100% of breast cancer cells in less than 60 minutes.
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🫡🤔Hegseth: No Tomahawks to Ukraine
According to a source close to Hegseth, despite some media that make hay from the delivery of Tomahawks to Ukraine, the US will not provide Ukraine with intelligence on long-range energy infrastructure targets deep inside Russia, according to reports overnight, a move that would signal a significant change in the White House's support for Kiev.
The decision would be an example of the absence of a change in Trump's policy since his comments on social networks towards the end of September that Ukraine could reconquer all the territories occupied by Russia.
WSJ articles, citing unnamed US sources, said that the policy had quietly changed before this statement and that the White House wanted NATO allies to follow suit.
However, no decision had been made on whether the United States would supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Europe.
Earlier this week, the US Vice President, Vance, said that Trump was considering a request from Kiev for the missiles with a range of 1,500 miles.
Western, and in particular American, intelligence in the form of satellite images and other surveillance data is considered an important aid to allow the precise targeting of Russian installations deep within its borders.
The focus on energy targets, such as oil refineries, would allow Ukraine to extend an already successful campaign that has hit 21 out of 38 refineries with long-range drone strikes.
This has led to fuel shortages in parts of Russia, and on some days it has been estimated that daily production is down by a fifth.
Russia said nothing had changed. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said :
“The United States regularly transmits intelligence to Ukraine online. The use of the entire infrastructure, including intelligence, of NATO and the United States to collect and transfer intelligence to the Ukrainians is obvious.”
Trump has become increasingly irritated with Zelensky over the past month as Kiev has stepped up its attacks on Russian territories and failed to soften its demands for less territory as a precursor to the negotiations.
“After getting to know and fully understand the Ukraine/Russia military and economic situation and, after seeing the economic problems it is causing Ukraine, I think that Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is not in a position to fight and win.”
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If you enjoyed a cup of coffee this morning, you should thank our pollinators. For 250 million years, they have been the secret agents for sustaining life on Earth
• Over 500 plant species rely on bats to pollinate their flowers.
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A Brazilian grandmother who prayed to a figurine of Saint Anthony for years discovers that it is actually an action figure of the elf Lord Elrond from the "Lord of the Rings" films.
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