The longest word in Russian has 35 letters ("превысокомногорассмотрительствующий").

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😳 The main religion in Antarctica is Christianity, with a total of eight churches .

In fact, some of these buildings are protected as historical monuments.

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Honey Never Spoils: Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible, thanks to honey's low moisture content and natural acidity.

Growing oyster mushrooms at home using leftover mushroom stems, cardboard, and a simple container.

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Wombat poop:
Wombats are the only animals in the world that produce cube-shaped poop, which stops it from rolling away and helps them mark their territory.

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This is Samuel Henderson, a young birder who's gone viral for his incredibly accurate bird call imitations.
His ability to recreate the sounds of different bird species is truly impressive.

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The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.
It covers more than 30% of the Earth's surface, which is more than all the Earth's land area combined.

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A delivery of seeds arriving at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, where backup seed samples from around the world are stored to help protect crop diversity and future food security. This shipment includes seeds from Morocco.

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Hugging promotes the production of oxytocin, which speeds up wound healing.
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The first commercial passenger flight lasted just 23 minutes.
It took place in 1914 between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida.

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Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
Teaching at Oxford existed in some form by 1096, while the Aztec civilization began around 1325.

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In 2006, an Australian man tried to sell New Zealand on eBay.
The auction reached $3,000 before eBay shut it down for violating their policy of not selling items that don't exist.

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Lightning strikes oak trees more frequently than any other type of tree. This happens because oak trees grow very tall, have deep taproots, and contain high moisture levels, which makes them highly efficient, natural grounding rods for electrical storms.

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An indoor sports court with a programmable LED glass floor that can switch between different layouts for a variety of sports.

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The Mimosa pudica, commonly known as the sensitive plant or shameplant, has a unique defense mechanism. When touched, shaken, or heated, its leaflets rapidly fold inward and droop within seconds.

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Volleyball, but on water. Every summer, Slovenia’s annual Volleyball on Water tournament is played on a floating court on the Ljubljanica River.

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While people often think rainforests like the Amazon produce most of the sky's oxygen, the true lungs of our planet are actually ocean-dwelling marine plants and algae.

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A massive surge of photosynthetic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) flooded the atmosphere with oxygen. This event—known as the
Great Oxidation Event—eventually created the planet's ozone layer, which filters out the sun's dangerous ultraviolet cosmic radiation and allowed life on land to evolve.

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Traditional Peruvian whistling vessels that can imitate animal calls using a clever combination of air and water.

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The tallest living plants on Earth are Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), which grow so high they literally touch the low-lying clouds. The tallest known tree, nicknamed Hyperion, stands at an incredible 380 feet (116 meters) tall—ranking it higher than a 35-story skyscraper or the Statue of Liberty!

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