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The Beijing Weather Modification Office is a unit of the Beijing Meteorological Bureau tasked with weather control in Beijing, and its surrounding areas, including parts of Hebei and Inner Mongolia.

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We know dogs can make us laugh. What isn't clear is whether dogs have a sense of humor. It depends on how we define it. Is it playfulness or something more?

The Normandy Landing beaches of 1944 are called Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Juno Beach, Sword Beach and Gold Beach, rather than the names of the Norman municipalities where they are located. Where do these English names come from ? Ouest-France finds out, on…

Hubble Space Telescope's famously blurry images turned it into a laughing stock; fixing it required ingenuity and a bit of luck

The legendary funnyman provided a major assist on David Cronenberg's 'The Fly.'

Socially monogamous birds may break up their partnership by a so-called ‘divorce’
behaviour. Divorce rates vary immensely across avian taxa that have a predominantly
monogamous social mating system. Although various factors associated with divorce
have ...

Deserts are landscapes that receive little precipitation. They can be hot and sandy like the Sahara, or cold and ice-covered like Antarctica.

The weird anatomy of pro bowling balls, exposed on camera. You'll never look at the pastime the same way again.

to protect threatened witnesses before, during, and after a trial

Condoms are the oldest form of barrier contraception used by men.

Home Depot offered Dillon Reagan his job back after his case garnered widespread attention online.

Nineteen-year-old says he is ‘devastated’ after being accused of cultural vandalism

The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (NGB; Inuktitut: [nuv.vu.a.git.tuq]) is a sequence of metamorphosed mafic to ultramafic volcanic and associated sedimentary rocks (a greenstone belt) located on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, 40 km southeast of Inukjuak…

After stepping out of the spotlight, Brendan Fraser is making a comeback with his role in The Whale, including his first Oscar. Here's a breakdown of the actor's career over the years

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Sperm whales are the largest of the toothed whales and have one of the widest global distributions of any marine mammal species. They are found in all deep oceans, from the equator to the edge of the pack ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.

For men who have had a penis amputation, "ghost dick" is surprisingly common.

Tuesday marked a somber date in Sharon Tierney’s family history, and she observed it the way she usually does.