The fossa is Madagascar's top predator. It is the only animal that hunts the island's lemurs, able to move swiftly through the trees.

Unlike most animals, it isn't active at a set time, making it cathemeral - it wakes and sleeps whenever it feels like it.

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There is a plant called the Skeleton Flower whose petals turn transparent when wet and then revert back to white when dry.

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Transparent coffee was invented in Slovakia. Brothers Adam and David Nady decided that perfect coffee doesn't stain your teeth or clothes, so they invented this drink, the recipe for which is kept secret.

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The Ainu are an Indigenous people native to Japan, primarily inhabiting the island of Hokkaido. They have a distinct culture and language that is totally unrelated to Japanese.

They have inhabited the northern Japanese archipelago for centuries, much before the current dominant Japanese people would migrate there.

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Neutral colors are muted shades that appear to lack color but often have underlying hues that change with different lighting.

They are not on the color wheel, but they complement primary and secondary colors.

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Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city’s stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.

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Cats can even drink seawater.

Their kidneys filter salt well and excrete it naturally.

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The fastest recorded heartbeat in a human was 600 beats per minute.

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The shortest land border is 150 meters long and is shared by Botswana and Zambia

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The female brain processes information five times faster than the male brain.

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The world's smallest monkey, body length about 12 cm.

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🐩 In England, hitting a dog is punished more severely than hitting a person.

It is considered that an animal is defenseless against motor vehicles, as it cannot understand the rules of the road.

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The prey has a horizontal shape of the pupil to better scan the horizon. The predator is vertical to better focus on prey.

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Why don't sloths fall out of trees when they sleep?

The fact is that the default position of their paws is a firm grip, and sloths have to exert effort to unclench them. Humans, on the other hand, have to strain to clench their fists.

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A statue of Christ set at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Malta, 10 metres below sea level, in memory of fallen fishermen.

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🪴 Aloe can live without water for seven years while still producing new shoots.

Its thick, fleshy leaves are capable of storing a large amount of water, significantly increasing in size as they do so.

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This special suit is used by German police to defend against knife attacks

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Astronauts do not consume sodas or carbonated drinks in space, because the lack of gravity to separate the liquid and gas in the stomach leads to a kind of vomiting called “wet burping.”

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Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Osaka, Japan, has achieved a remarkable 30-year record of never losing a piece of luggage since its opening in 1994. This means that every bag, out of millions handled annually, has reached its intended destination without getting misplaced.

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