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Why does climbing Mount Everest have to start at midnight?
Only by setting out at midnight do you stand a chance of climbing Everest. If you wait until dawn to get there, you may never return.
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The land that specializes in 'swallowing' cars in China: Many people have to sadly leave their cars behind, even if they are given money, no one will come to take them back
Although the value of abandoned cars is not small, the risk of bringing them back is even greater.
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Rare Element Plutonium - What Do You Know About It?
It is element 94 on the periodic table (Pu) and is one of the most dangerous elements on Earth.
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Ancient ocean floor discovered surrounding Earth's core
Scientists have found an ancient ocean floor deep inside the Earth with mountains five times taller than Mount Everest through seismic data.
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80-Year Happiness Study: One Simple Factor Is All It Takes to Be Happy
Happiness is always something that people pursue and search for in their lives, even though defining what happiness is is still a complicated question.
1001 mystery
The Mystery of 'Burning Houses': Why Do People Burn Their Own Houses Every 60 Years?
Archaeological evidence shows that the fires were not random accidents.
Space science
Wormholes Could Help Us Travel Through Time
The prospect of time travel via wormholes is not a new concept in sci-fi movies, but what if it wasn't just science fiction?
Space science
New discovery: 7 Earth-like planets that could be habitable
The seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system all share some Earth-like characteristics that could be favorable for supporting life.
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Is alien life trying to contact Earth?
Astronomers from Curtin University have discovered a star 15,000 light years away that continuously emits radio pulses every 22 minutes.
Biology
Vietnam launches sweet fruit corn variety that can be eaten directly without boiling, steaming or baking
The Institute of Plant Research and Development has just launched a type of fruit corn that can be eaten directly without boiling, steaming, or baking. The corn is sweet…
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Revealing the mystery of the woman who lived alone for nearly two decades on a deserted island
A mysterious woman lives alone on the island of San Nicolas, after narrowly escaping a massacre of her tribe.
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Fasting for 382 days to lose weight, obese man miraculously survived, surprising the world
The story of this man's extraordinary journey is still told today as a miracle.
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The village is harsh, the oxygen level is extremely low, but why does no one want to leave?
Located in Tibet, this is considered one of the villages with the harshest living conditions in the world.
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Why does it take 700,000 liters of water to train the ChatGPT model?
New research reveals that the huge amount of water consumed during GPT-3 training is enough to produce 370 BMWs or 320 Tesla electric cars.
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Discover China's largest desert, a place that is considered 'easy to enter, hard to return'
As the largest desert in China today, Taklimakan has long been famous as a place