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Science and technology
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How subatomic particles exceed the local speed of light in water and unleash a dazzling electromagnetic shock wave.
History
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The unusual military campaign that ended without firing a shot, with zero casualties, and with a new friend in the ranks.
History
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Hidden behind a false wall in a high-security German fortress, a group of British officers built a functional aircraft using bed slats and millet porridge.
Science and technology
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Scientists at the University of Bristol created a betavoltaic device capable of generating continuous electricity by taking advantage of residual graphite from atomic power plants.
History
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Five days before the end of World War II in Europe, US troops, Wehrmacht soldiers, and French prisoners joined forces to repel a Waffen-SS siege.
Animals
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In the ocean depths, males attach to females until their circulatory systems fuse and they lose their own vital organs.
Nature
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For centuries ornithology believed toxic birds did not exist, until an accidental brush in Papua New Guinea revealed a chemical weapon worthy of dart frogs.
Geology
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A tiny diamond from Brazil showed that hundreds of kilometers deep there is as much water as in all surface oceans combined.
Nature
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Extraordinary adaptations for desert survival
Biology
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Trichobatrachus robustus evolved an unusual defense mechanism that fractures its own phalanges to pierce its skin and wound predators.
History
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In 1932, soldiers armed with heavy machine guns were defeated by the chaotic guerrilla tactics of 20,000 fast emus.
Health and wellness
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With a temperature that exceeds the rest of the body by nearly one degree, it functions as a silent biochemical furnace.