Sheep can feel emotions like fear, anger, boredom, and happiness. They evaluate their surroundings using checks like suddenness, familiarity, predictability, and control, similar to humans. Sudden events can cause fear, while predictable environments may lead to boredom.
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On this day, 6 March 1957 Ghana gained independence as first black African country.

To all Ghanaian people, happy independence day. May you always be free.

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Willowbrook State School was a large institution in Staten Island, New York. It cared for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The school became overcrowded and understaffed. Conditions were dirty and unsafe. People got sick from diseases like hepatitis. Researchers gave some residents hepatitis on purpose to study it. In 1972, journalist Geraldo Rivera showed the poor conditions on TV. Senator Robert F. Kennedy called it a "snake pit." Lawsuits forced the school to make changes. Willowbrook closed in 1987. Parts of the campus are now used by the College of Staten Island.
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The Sukhothai Kingdom was a Siamese kingdom in Mainland Southeast Asia. It was centered in north-central present-day Thailand. It existed from 1238 to 1438. It later became part of the Ayutthaya Kingdom. The kingdom grew strong under rulers like Si Inthrathit and Ram Khamhaeng. People spoke Old Thai and practiced Theravada Buddhism.
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Theravāda Buddhism means “Teaching of the Elders.” It is the oldest surviving school of Buddhism. It follows the Pāli Canon. It teaches the Four Noble Truths: life includes suffering; suffering is caused by craving; suffering can end; the path ends suffering. The Noble Eightfold Path is: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. The goal is Nibbāna, freedom from rebirth. Meditation and moral conduct are central practices.
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Jellyfish move in essentially two ways. They take water in their bell and then squirt it out behind them, which creates a jet of water that moves them forward. They also drift on water currents.

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