The FedEx logo has won over 40 design awards and was ranked as one of the eight best logos in the last 35 years. The white arrow in the logo was an intentional design choice, created by blending two different fonts together.
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South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine is the deepest mine in the world. It reaches a depth of 2.5 miles below ground Level, and it takes over an hour to reach the bottom of the mine from the surface. Illegal miners sneak into the mine and hide there for months at a time. Deprived of sunlight, their skin turns gray, and they are called "ghosts."
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Nordlingen, Germany, is buil|t inside a 15-million-year-old meteor crater.
The town has integrated parts of the meteor into its structures, including St. George's Church, which is encrusted with meteorites and microscopic diamonds.
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The town has integrated parts of the meteor into its structures, including St. George's Church, which is encrusted with meteorites and microscopic diamonds.
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Strawberries are deadly for people allergic to birch pollen, doctors warn.
The proteins in the berry are similar to those in birch pollen and can cause a severe allergic reaction.
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The proteins in the berry are similar to those in birch pollen and can cause a severe allergic reaction.
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The skin of all human beings is covered in stripes. They’re called Blaschko’s Lines, and they cover the body from head to toe. We just can’t see them.
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Earthworms are hermaphrodites. Each carries male and female reproductive organs. When mating, two individual earthworms will exchange sperm and fertilize each other's eggs.
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A lobster’s brain is located in its throat, its nervous system in its abdomen, its teeth in its stomach and its kidneys in its head. It also hears using its legs, tastes with its feet, and tends to favor one front limb, meaning they can be right-clawed or left-clawed.
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This olive tree lived through the Iliad writing, the golden age of Athens, the rise of the Roman Empire and the birth of Christ, and then lived for 2,000 years after that. It is thought to be about 2,900 years old. Crete, Greece.
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Over the plains of Canada, the Inukshuk stone figures, built by Inuit since 1000 AD, guide travelers. Shaped like humans, they mark paths. They symbolize survival.
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Anorexia is the most deadly mental health disorder, carrying a four times greater risk than even depression.
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Formication is a symptom where you hallucinate the feeling of insects crawling in, on or under your skin. This symptom can be very upsetting or disturbing, leading to other issues like self-injury from scratching or trying to get the insects out from under or inside of your skin.
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There is a very rare condition called Anton syndrome, in which a person becomes blind however they are unaware of it and will deny it, as their brain generates (false) visual images so they continue to believe that they can see.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China nobility, because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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