Are ants smart? They are not smart in the way that we are, but they have been observed using tools and performing tasks that would show they have some intelligence. The size of an animal’s brain is not necessarily an indicator of how smart it is. If we just look at the largest brain, it […]
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When did silent movies end? The last silent movie was The Poor Millionaire, released in 1930. The expression “silent movie” didn’t exist until movies with sound were released. There was no need to have a label for something when that thing was the only option. “Silent movies” were just called “movies”, which is the shortened
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How many Egyptian dynasties were there? Depending on how you view it, there were 31, 33, or 34. Egypt was conquered by Alexander the Great in 332 BC, which made the 32nd and 33rd dynasties Greek. They still ruled Egypt, so some people count them as dynasties. Then, in 30 BC, Greek Egypt was conquered
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Why do people pass out from pain? Sudden pain can make the heart rate decrease, which lowers blood pressure, which can cause people to pass out. Fainting is technically known as syncope. Syncope can also mean when a word is contracted by not pronouncing the middle letters, such as favorite (we don’t say the o),
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Why do we sing Auld Lang Syne at New Years? Because Scottish people emigrated all over the world, taking the song with them, and then a Canadian bandleader started playing it every year on American national TV. Auld Lang Syne means “old long since”. For auld lang syne is often translated as “for the sake
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Where is the Land of Punt? It is most likely where Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia are today. The Land of Punt is an ancient kingdom that existed at the beginning of Ancient Egypt. The pharaohs of Egypt traded with Punt until the the 12th century BC and then trade stopped, for an unknown reason. After
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What is the difference between slugs and snails? There are several differences but a big one is that snails have a coiled shell on their backs and slugs have a soft shell underneath their flesh. Snails and slugs have a lot more similarities than they have differences. Let’s look at the similarities first. Both snails
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What are food additives? They are things that are added to food to preserve the flavor, or improve the taste, appearance, or other qualities. There are a huge number of food additives and some of them are completely natural. Salt and sugar are both food additives. Humans have been using food additives ever since we
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Why is sea level where it is? Because the volume of water in the oceans fills all of the valleys that make up the oceans to a certain depth, and that depth is sea level. When water is poured into a container, the surface of the water will always be flat, no matter how flat
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How does Ransomware work? By infecting the computer, encrypting all the files, and then trying to sell the victim the decryption key. The first ever ransomware was created in 1989, by an evolutionary biologist at Harvard called Dr. Joseph Popp. To this day, nobody knows why he made it. The Internet wasn’t as extensive then
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