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 station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!
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In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called "Hindi" ("from India"). In India, it's called "Peru." In Arabic, the bird is called "Greek chicken"; in Greek it's called "French chicken"; and in French it's called "Indian chicken." The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
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In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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In Japan, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.
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