During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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There's an isolated tribe in Zimbabwe where the people have only two toes, dubbed the 'ostrich people'.
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