LatestUnsinkable Sam, the cat said to survive three WWII sinkings, has a great story and thin evidence. What the naval records and the museum actually show.
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CuriositiesCats in ancient Egypt were sacred, mummified by the million and guarded by a rule so fierce a…
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CuriositiesWhat is Catatumbo Lightning? The nightly Venezuelan storm over Lake Maracaibo strikes up to 260 nights a year.…
CuriositiesWhat causes deja vu? The eerie sense you have been here before is a brain glitch where familiarity…
CuriositiesTime really does feel faster as you get older, and it is not your imagination. The science of…
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CuriositiesSailing stones explained: how rocks move across Death Valley's Racetrack Playa on their own, using thin ice, a…
CuriositiesThe history of knocker-uppers: Britain's human alarm clocks who tapped windows with bamboo poles and pea shooters from…
CuriositiesWhy do we get goosebumps? A clear science explainer on piloerection, cold, fear, music, frisson, and the million-year-old…
CuriositiesHistory of black cat superstitions, from Bastet in Egypt to a 1233 papal bull, the witch trials, sailors,…
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