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27/01/2024

Orange juice is rich in vitamin C and other compounds that may improve heart health, brain function, and immunity. Learn about the benefits and risks of orange juice.

27/01/2024

Though orange juice is high in vital nutrients and enjoyed worldwide, some people doubt it contributes to a healthy diet. Here are 5 health benefits of orange juice.

03/12/2022

Divorce: 29 facts about the law of… break up!

Divorce is a law that makes formal a married couple’s break up.

03/12/2022

These giants of the ocean—the largest animals ever known to have lived on the planet—can weigh as much as 200 tons, so it probably should not be a surprise that their tongues alone can weigh as much as or more than an adult elephant—up to nearly 4 tons.

03/12/2022

Or at least, it's not a perfect sphere. As NASA explains, "because of the force caused when Earth rotates, the North and South Poles are slightly flat. Earth's rotation, wobbly motion, and other forces are making the planet change shape very slowly, but it is still round."

01/12/2022

In a 2017 article published in BMJ Case Reports, researchers reported that a 34-year-old British man was hospitalized after attempting to contain his sneeze, trapping air in his trachea, and essentially ripping a hole in the soft tissue of his throat. "Halting sneeze via blocking nostrils and mouth is a dangerous maneuver," the scientists concluded.

01/12/2022

Cows may seem like simple creatures, but deep down, they are surprisingly social and can experience a complex range of emotions and relationships, including friendship. "When heifers have their preferred partner with them, their stress levels in terms of their heart rates are reduced compared with if they were with a random individual," a researcher from the University of Northampton told the BBC.

29/11/2022

America definitely experiences its fair share of dangerously blustery weather, but England is considered to be the tornado capital of the world. The country, on average, gets hit with 34 tornadoes each year, which is about 2.2 every 3,861 square miles. The U.S., on the other hand, experiences about 1.2 every 2,970 square miles.