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The ManhattAnt is found only within a 14-block section of New York City, and nowhere else on the planet. It's similar to a regular cornfield ant, but can't be matched to any other known ant species. Scientists believe that it evolved thanks to isolation within the concrete jungle. New York will clearly do things to a creature

A rose by any other name may be as sweet, according to William Shakespeare, but a rose may not smell the same to you as it does to other people. According to a 2019 study published in the Proceedings of the Nationa

Since it's so far away from the sun, Pluto was believed to be mostly covered in ice. But stunningly, even after billions of years in the frigid cold, there may still be a liquid ocean beneath that slick sheet. According to a 2019 study published in the journal Natural Geoscience, the

Peter the Great, Russia's revolutionary czar, once imposed an annual beard tax on members of society who had facial hair. If someone wanted to keep their facial hair, they simply had to pay for it. After they made their deposit, they received a coin that said "tax paid." We're gu

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that seniors, pregnant women, and those with weak immune systems avoid lunch meats, hot dogs, and deli meats unless they are heated to

Waterloo wasn't exactly famous conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte's greatest defeat. Once upon a time, he was attacked by bunnies. The emperor had requested that a rabbit hunt be arranged for himself and his men. His chief of staff set it up and had men round up reportedly 3,000 r

Fax machines may be outdated now, but they had a longer run than you probably realized. The fax machine was patented by Scottish inventor Alexander Bain in 1843. Then, three years later, he actually created it. At the time, it was not referred to as a fax machine, but a facsimile machine. Bain us

onstruction on the Tower of Pisa began in 1173, and, because of the soft ground it was built on, it began to lean as soon as builders got to the third story (five years after construction started). Over the next 800 years, leaning wasn't the only thing off about the tower: It's also sin

In 1975, a few years before he passed away, Charlie Chaplin entered a look-alike contest in France. He came in third, not first. A theory as to why he didn't wi

Operating periscopes on submarines is no game, but it turns out Xbox 360 controllers are lighter, more intuitive, and overall just easier to use than the complex helicopter-style control sticks Navy sailors previously used. Also, the game console controllers sell for around $20 each, while replacing a submarine industry standard controller can cost n