Some wonders remain wonders for eternity..!
This Shiva Murti found 300 feet under sea has been immersed since 700 years near Koneswaram Temple of Trincomalee, Srilanka.
Wonder how that kumkum & vibhoothi on the forehead of the Murti is unerased after so many years!
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There are more than seven hundred fig species, and each one has its own species of wasp. When you eat a dried fig, you're probably chewing wasp mummies, too.
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When some mushrooms are exposed to Oxygen, it can have a color changing effect on its tissues.
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Kangaroos have three vaginas. The side ones carry sperm to the two uteruses (and males marsupials often have two-pronged penises), while the middle one is for giving birth.
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THE FIRST MUMMIES WERE
NOT FROM EGYPT!
The Chinchorro people of Chile had been mummifying their dead for 2,000 years prior to the Egyptians.Theypeeled back the corpse's skin, removed
muscles and organs, and filled the body with plants before sewing the skin back on and placing a mask over the face.
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The Taínos' ancestors went from the center of the Amazon Basin to the Orinoco Valley - through Guyana and Venezuela and got to the Caribbean islands.
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When you eat pineapple and your tongue begins to hurt it is due to the fact that the pineapple is eating you back thanks to bromelain. So long as you're not actually super sensitive your tongue should be fine, and it regenerates cells quickly anyway.
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Entrepreneur Ben Lamn and Harvard genetics professor George Church, raised $15 million in funding to create a new species of a woolly mammoth by using gene-editing technology.
One reason, a mammoth revival could contribute to fighting against climate change 🦣
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THERE'S A PARASITE THAT DESTROYS THE TONGUE OF FISH AND THEN ITSELF REPLACES THE TONGUE FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFESPAN, ESSENTIALLY TRANSFORMING ITSELF INTO A LIVING PARASITIC, BUT FULLY FUNCTIONING AND OTHERWISE HARMLESSS TONGUE IS KNOWN AS CYMOTHOA EXIGUA.
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New research shows that some fish eggs remain alive even after being swallowed by mallards, a breed of ducks. These eggs then come out as the ducks' poop and hatch when they find water again. This explains how some fishes emerge in ponds and pools without a hint.
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Using one of the largest telescopes in the world ("Very Large Telescope", or "VLT"), astronomers found a star that "dances" around a black hole in the Milky Way, forming the pattern of a rosette.
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Apples are not ‘true to seed’, so the seeds from any particular variety apple will not grow to be the same variety as the apple tree they came from. E.g. If you planted seeds of Granny Smith it likely will produce a wide variety of different and unknown apple tree types.
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This is the cyclosmis (or trapdoor spider), and its incredible abdomen looks like an ancient coin! This genus of spider lives in burrows, and it uses the hardened disc at the end of its abdomen to clog the entrance when it's threatened.
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