A zoonosis is a disease which is transmitted from animals to humans. With nearly 850 known zoonoses, many of which are almost…
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While some people in the world do not have enough to eat, others with plenty sometimes engage in habits that are not…
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Christian Marlberg is a freelance writer with an interest in travel, nature, and exotic food. His experiences include cooking with nettle, downing…
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Warning: This list is not for the faint of heart. There are invisible monsters living in your tap water, creatures that swim…
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Like their modern-day counterparts, ancient athletes had a way of capturing the public’s imagination. Through ancient authors such as Pindar, Pausanias and…
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Generations of children have enjoyed circuses; the death-defying acrobatics, wild animals, tight-rope-walkers, and clowns team up to entertain, intrigue, and dazzle the…
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According to the majority of pilots, takeoff and landing are the most dangerous aspects of a flight. Still, some conditions are riskier…
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When we experience something, there’s a variety of different factors which determine how well we’ll remember it—and how we’ll feel about it…
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Sometimes construction projects can take a while to get done. And hey, that’s understandable—we’re talking about huge, complicated jobs that require a…
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We’ve all had “that” journey: the one which saw us miss our flight, get snowed in somewhere in Delaware, and which ended…