This process is called phagocytosis, where cells envelop and consume smaller cells or molecules to remove them from the system. Don’t worry!…
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Did you Know?The fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
by daily timesby daily timesThe 36-letter word was first used by the Roman poet Horace in the first century BCE to criticise those writers with an…
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Incredibly, it’s 120 times smaller than Manhattan!
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A survey by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in Delhi and German foundation Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung found that a high number—84…
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At 1.15 miles exactly, this whopping pizza was made in, you guessed it, Italy. But how? By the sweat of 250 chefs…
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TREES talk. Their roots are connected through an underground network of fungi, nicknamed the “Wood Wide Web,” that allows them to share…
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It is said that men are more likely to be left-handed than women. Various studies have also suggested that the handedness of…
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Earth’s rotation is changing speed. It’s actually slowing. This means that, on average, the length of a day increases by around 1.8…
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On most maps, the Mercator projection – first developed in 1569 – is still used. This method is wildly inaccurate and makes…
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Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per cent. A study in 2018 found that wearing a…