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Apple's first logo showed a bitten apple.
Apple's first logo, designed by Ronald Wayne in 1976, showed Isaac Newton under an apple tree, with a ribbon and the…
Facebook was called TheFacebook at the beginning.
When it was launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and Harvard colleagues, the site was called TheFacebook. In 2005, the…
Amazon started as an electronics store.
Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online bookstore. Bezos chose books because they were easy to store…
New Caledonian crows use and make tools.
New Caledonian crows use twigs and leaves to extract insects from logs. In the laboratory, they have been able to…
The hornbill has a hollow casque on its head.
The hornbill has a casque on its head that appears hollow but is actually filled with a spongy structure of keratin…
Chimpanzees use twigs to fish for termites.
Chimpanzees insert thin twigs into termite mounds and wait for the termites to grab them, then pull them out to eat…
The hot dog was invented in the United States.
The hot dog sausage originated in Frankfurt, Germany, where it was called frankfurter. It was taken to the United…
The croissant was invented in Austria.
The croissant, despite being a symbol of France, was invented in Vienna, Austria. It was originally a crescent-shaped…
The Nile is one of the two longest rivers in the world.
The Nile, which crosses northeastern Africa, is about 6,650 kilometres long and disputes with the Amazon the title of…
Hawaii has an explosive cone-shaped volcano.
Hawaii's volcanoes are shield type, with gentle, broad slopes formed by very fluid lava. They are not conical or…
Egyptian scribes could be punished for writing errors.
Scribes in ancient Egypt were highly valued but also severely punished. Didactic texts from the period mention…
The Black Death killed about 10 percent of the European population.
The Black Death, which struck Europe between 1347 and 1351, killed between 30 and 60 percent of the European…
Lightning can be several kilometres long.
Lightning can extend over several kilometres between the cloud and the ground or within the cloud itself. In 2020…
Bacteria do not survive in clouds.
Bacteria can survive in clouds and even play a role in the formation of rain and snow. Some species, such as…
Water has a triple point where it coexists in all three states.
The triple point of water occurs at a temperature of 0.01 degrees Celsius and a pressure of 611.657 pascals. Under…
Hydrogen is the rarest element in the universe.
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, representing about 75 percent of visible matter. It forms the…
Jupiter s Great Red Spot is a storm larger than Earth.
The Great Red Spot is an anticyclonic storm on Jupiter, larger than Earth, that has lasted for at least 350 years. In…
Graphene conducts electricity better than copper.
Graphene, a sheet of carbon one atom thick, conducts electricity with much less resistance than copper, making it…
The planetary nebulae have nothing to do with planets.
Planetary nebulae are clouds of gas and dust ejected by dying stars. The name arose in the 18th century when…
There are more than 300 varieties of honey in the United States.
There are more than 300 varieties of honey in the United States, each with a unique colour and flavour determined by…
The Dead Sea is technically a lake.
The Dead Sea, between Israel and Jordan, is actually a salt lake with no outlet to the sea. With about 9.6 times more…
Russia has 11 time zones.
Russia, the largest country in the world, spans 11 time zones, from Kaliningrad in the west to Kamchatka in the far…
The Great Fire of London started in a bakery.
The Great Fire of London in 1666 started in a bakery on Pudding Lane, owned by Thomas Farriner. The fire destroyed…
Bamboo can grow up to 91 centimetres per day.
Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant in the world. Some species can grow up to 91 centimetres in a single day, or…