Owl feathers can glow pink or magenta under ultraviolet (UV) light.

The glow comes from porphyrins, pigments naturally present in some owl feathers. When exposed to UV light, these pigments fluoresce, producing a striking pink or reddish glow.

As feathers age and wear, their porphyrins gradually break down, causing the intensity of their fluorescence to decrease. Researchers can use these differences to identify newly grown feathers and distinguish different generations of feathers across an owl’s wing.

These fluorescence patterns can also provide clues about a bird’s age by revealing its molt history.

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A women who lost her wedding ring found it 16 years later in her garden 😂

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This is how geologists collect lava samples from an active volcano.

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Women get better sleep when they share their bed with a dog instead of another human.😂

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Amazing examples of laser cleaning.

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The burj khalifa is so tall that the sun can still be seen for several minutes after it has set at ground level. This has led Dubai clerics to rule that those living above the 80th floor should wait 2 additional minutes to break their Ramadan fast.


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Water may taste strange when it's been left out overnight because it absorbs gases from the air. Don't leave a glass of water open to the air!

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Mercury disrupts aluminum's oxide layer, enabling it to react with air. This forms white, fibrous aluminum oxide, visibly growing as delicate structures.

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According to a recent study,humans have more empathy for dogs than they do for other humans.

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Dogs lick their noses to improve their sense of smell.

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This is a polyclad flatworm, a type of marine flatworm from the order Polycladida.

Its glass-like, translucent body reveals a striking tree-like network of highly branched digestive structures running throughout its body. These structures help distribute digested material, since flatworms lack a specialized circulatory system.

It lives on the seafloor and can glide across surfaces using tiny cilia and muscular movements, creating its graceful, rippling motion.

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A baby can't taste salt untill it is 4 months old.

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According to NASA, the perfect nap is 26 minutes long.

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Children as young as 8 in the US are being prescribed off-label GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, sparking debate about the potential long-term health effects

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An elephant's skin can be up to one inch (2.54 centimeters) thick but is so sensitive that it can sense a fly landing on it.

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Hens go through "henopause," the point at which they stop laying eggs.


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Anguilla, a 15,000-person island, owns the .ai domain. Its annual revenue from it went from $2.9M (2018) to $86M (2025).

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Black cats are considered to bring good luck in japan.

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Scientist wins Nobel Prize, then has the sweetest job: telling his children.

Karl Alexander Deisseroth is an American scientist and physician. He is the D.H. Chen Foundation Professor of Bioengineering and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2026 for his work in optogenetics.

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