Telescopefish are solitary, active predators, frequenting the mesopelagic to bathypelagic zones of the water column, from 500 to 3,000m… More here. What a amazing looking creature.
Misc
The Strange Drop in American Body Temperatures Over The Past 200 Years
Early last year, researchers in the United States combed Civil War veteran records and national health surveys and found temperatures among men born at the turn of this century were 0.59 degrees Celsius cooler than those men born around two… Read More ›
Secondhand Markets Out Of Control
What do old watches and used cars have in common? (Hint: Inflation). Genuinely educational video which is very clearly explained.
Mind bent
TikTok user Beatonthebeeb was able to break down the illusion by taking the cars out of the context of the photo and lining them up next to each other, revealing that they were in fact all the same size. The… Read More ›
Ads of the Past That Would be BANNED Today
This is the 1st in our series of Ads of the Past that would be BANNED if they were used TODAY. It’s amazing just how different our perspectives of the world were just in the last century. If you are… Read More ›
How the Microwave Was Invented by Accident
At 12 he got a job at the spool mill one town over. At 14 Spencer got hired to install electricity at the nearby paper mill. A few years later he was so inspired by the heroic actions of the… Read More ›
The value of something
This is so true and so easy to understand. Tweeted by the excellent NHS Million.
My Journey into QAnon
It started with an anonymous post in 2017. They called themselves ‘Q’ and left a trail of cryptic messages for an increasing number of followers to obsess over. Over the years, the conspiracy theory became a movement, crashing into mainstream… Read More ›
Ifan originally bought 5,000 empty bottles
Ifan originally bought 5,000 empty bottles for the venture. “My father thought I was stupid, really”, says the young, Welsh entrepreneur – but he needn’t have worried, they sold all of them in 12 days! On their first day of… Read More ›
Postcard from Chile arrives in Dorset after 30 years
A postcard sent from South America has been delivered to its intended recipient 30 years after being posted. Neil Crocker sent the card from Chile in 1991 when he was serving with the Royal Navy, returning from the Falkland Islands,… Read More ›
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