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15 Outlandish Chicken Varieties

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(via Mental Floss) The familiar profile of a chicken is recognizable anywhere—a pointy, upturned tail and a smooth rounded head

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(via Atlas Obscura) Bolivia’s Lake Uru Uru faces an uncertain future: a growing city, toxic runoff, and drought worsened by

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(via Amusing Planet) A tree, when left to its own device, will normally grow straight. But when the tree is

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(via Atlas Obscura) Freezing the trees, blossoms and all, may be the only way to save the crop.

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(via Mental Floss) What did Secretariat, Man o’ War, and Seabiscuit have in common—besides great names? Each of these famed

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(via Atlas Obscura) Career ranger Virgil “Bus” Carrell had no design training, but “really gave a damn,” say experts, about

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(via Listverse) Global or nuclear war. A stray meteor on a collision course with Earth. Famine. Pestilence. A shift of

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(via Smithsonian) A study finds after yawning together, lions were 11 times more likely to copy the actions of the

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(via Atlas Obscura) A rare deluge at Uluru attracted tourists, locals, and a whole lot of frogs.

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(via Atlas Obscura) A spatter cone and runny lava give this eruption its classic look, and make it relatively approachable.

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(via Mental Floss) If you’ve ever watched fireflies glowing on a summer evening, then you’ve seen bioluminescence. Fewer people, however,

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(via Amusing Planet) Ailsa Craig is a small granite island in the Firth of Clyde, about 16 kilometers off the