The imperial tamarin is a monkey with a magnificent mustache.

In 1907, the Swiss zoologist Emil August Geldy jokingly called these tamarins "emperors" for the resemblance of their mustache to that of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II. The name caught on and stuck in science.

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Sea of flowers on Hokkaido Island, Japan

The Higashimokoto Flower Park, located on a hill overlooking the picturesque city of Takinoe, covers more than 100,000 square meters and is home to a million pink shilovid phlox flowers.

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The Faroe Islands are an autonomous region within the Kingdom of Denmark.

The archipelago consists of 18 islands of volcanic origin located in the northern Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and Norway.

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This hot ice is a chemical derived from vinegar and soda, sodium acetate.

When the solution crystallizes, it heats up, which is why it gets its name.

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🐋 Newborn whales weigh several tons and are about 8 meters long.

Every day they drink 350-390 liters of their mother's milk. The weight of half a year old whales reaches 25 tons.

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Walt Disney is currently the recipient of most of the Academy Awards.

During his career, Disney won 26 Academy Awards and was nominated a total of 59 times.

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A little cinnamon poured into a glass of water

The finger stays dry

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Heliamphora pilosa is one of the most beautiful varieties of the swamp pitcher.

It is also one of the most widely available species of the genus for cultivation. It is usually grown under bright fluorescent light in a terrarium or in a greenhouse with partial sunlight. Like other carnivorous plants, it requires water without added minerals or chemicals. It can tolerate a wide range of temperatures, but the temperature should drop about 5-7 degrees below the daytime temperature at night.

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An Icelandic photographer captured rare polar stratospheric clouds.

It is hard to believe that such beauty actually appears in the sky, and not in the hands of a photoshop master. You can observe these clouds in winter at northern latitudes during twilight.

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All the secrets of the past are stored in this library.

In 2003 a huge library of 84,000 scrolls was found on a wall 60 meters long and 10 meters high in Sakya Monastery.

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