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Relocating an old church weighing 1,700 tons by truck
The 600-year-old Mosque was placed on a 256-wheel truck and moved to a new location 4.7 km away.
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Dogs stuck in the treetops for cat chasing
Firefighters must set up ladders to climb up to rescue the dog, while the cat jumps down itself safely.
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How much time do we spend on 'useless' things in life?
Throughout their lives, each person spends 248 days to find a parking space, 21 years to sit, 11 years to glare at the screen but spend just over 1 year to exercise and…
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The Earth was heavily contaminated with mercury before the collision with the Chicxulub meteorite
A new study has just published that before Chicxulub asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, dinosaurs and other living creatures were faced with toxic levels of me…
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How do you know when it's time to break up?
Christmas is a time to give away, but it is also the period with the most farewell. Contrary to the prospect of spending more time and romance with each other, many peop…
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The 1,300-year-old tomb of Vo Tac Thien's son-in-law
The tomb in Shanxi Province contains 120 antiques and inscriptions on the biography of Tiet Thieu, a pho code under the Tang dynasty.
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Guam island birds back after 40 years of extinction
The Guam Island waterfowl - a species extinct in the wild for 40 years - have returned after decades of conservation efforts, originating from the last 21 individuals ke…
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Discover the world's oldest forest ruins
Researchers unearthed the remains of a forest stretching 400 km from New York State to Pennsylvania more than 380 million years ago.
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Strangely enough, the monkey flew into space, on returning, it also disturbed an American destroyer
The monkey continued to live a long life, until it died in 1982 and was cremated.
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Why is Nikola Tesla obsessed with Egyptian pyramids?
Inventor Nikola Tesla has many unusual obsessions, in which he thinks that the great pyramids of Egypt are huge sources of energy transmission. He built the Tesla Tower…
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Chinese robots set the longest operating record on the Moon
The robot Rabbit Jade 2 has surpassed the Soviet Lunokhod 1 with a time of operation on the Moon's surface for more than 11 months.
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Things you didn't know about penile fish
The photo of a 25cm-long, winding creature can offend some viewers if they have never known the penis fish. Penis fish have invaded the California coast before, and rece…
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The greatest scientific discoveries of 2010 (Part 2)
We are entering a time of transition that is not just a new year but a new decade. Let's review the most important scientific findings in the past 10 years.
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What is arsenic, is it harmful or not?
Arsenic (arsenic) is one of the most unique elements in the world, occurring both in the natural environment and created by human activities.
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Europe launches satellite search for extrasolar planets
CHEOPS satellite is like a telescope, designed to measure the thickness, structure and size of many planets outside the solar system.