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A gecko discovered in Madagascar can shed its skin on demand! Geckolepis megalepis has scales like thick bony plates that fall off when it feels threatened. The scales detach all the way to the muscle, leaving a gecko that looks like raw chicken. The scales grow back in just a few weeks.
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River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is an infection caused by parasitic worms that affects 25 million people, mostly in Africa. New technology for smartphones can help treat it by turning the camera into a microscope. The Laoscope can analyze a drop of blood and automatically identify if it is infected. Quick treatment prevents blindness!
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You don’t have to be a great athlete to go pro anymore. The Overwatch Videogame League is the NFL of E-sports, where spectators watch videogame competitions take place. 18 year-old Stefano “Verbo” Disalvo’s goal was to become a professional gamer. He was signed to the Los Angeles Valiant and gets paid for his dream job!
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Researchers microwaved peeled hard-boiled eggs to test their explosive reactions. Some exploded inside the microwave, while 28% of the eggs exploded outside when pierced. They measured the decibel level of the explosions to see if they were loud enough to cause hearing damage. Conclusion: probably not, but they will sure burn you!
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A Texas zoo was surprised last month by a new baby sloth! The two-toed sloth’s thick fur and sedentary lifestyle make a pregnancy difficult to detect. Sloths sleep 18 hours a day! Animal World and Snake Farm Zoo is having a naming contest on Facebook to name Sylvia and Sid’s baby.
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Scallops are more than just dinner. These amazing mollusks have up to 200 eyes that each contain millions of flat and perfectly square guanine crystals. The crystals layer to create a mirrored surface that reflects onto two retinas. Scientists are puzzled that a bivalve would have such a complex visual system.
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The verdict is in. Halszkaraptor escuilliei is a very weird dinosaur, but it is real. The Halszkaraptor was a velociraptor-like theropod, but it had a long neck, duck-billed snout, flipper-like clawed limbs, and was a strong swimmer. The fossilized skeleton found in Mongolia was so unusual that paleontologists first thought it was fake.
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Whoever smelt it dealt it! Whoever denied it supplied it! Does your brother pass a lot of gas? Or maybe it’s you who suffers from extreme flatulence. Charcoal underwear comes to the rescue! Carbon is a natural odor neutralizer, so companies are creating underwear that uses charcoal to trap smells. Thank goodness!
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A new Pygmy hippo was born in a Florida zoo! The baby met the public to the song “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” Zsa Zsa gave birth to the 9 pound baby, who will be named once they know if it’s a boy or girl. A regular hippo weighs 50 to 110 pounds at birth.
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Today is National Cotton Candy Day! Spun sugar has been around since the 15th century. It’s also known as fairy floss or candy floss. Maybe that’s because confectioner John Wharton and dentist William Morrison invented the first cotton candy machine. Don’t floss your teeth with cotton candy or you’ll need to see a dentist!
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