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The invention of the grounding lightning rod by a Czech priest
Prokop Diviš - a Czech priest who tried to control the weather but instead invented the lightning rod.
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The horror of the iron bar that pierced the skull gave birth to modern neuroscience
After Phineas P. Gage pulled an iron rod through his skull in 1848, his personality changed dramatically and his accident helped give birth to modern neuroscience.
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Heart-stopping scene at the scene of a man sitting on a helicopter, holding a metal rod near a high-voltage wire
The video below captures a man sitting on the legs of a flying helicopter, he is taken to a high voltage power line.
Animal world
Giant giant carp weighing 51kg suddenly caught fishing rod
The 54-year-old player spends about two weeks fishing in a lake before catching a giant fish from the carp family.
Oceanography
New species of squid discovered in Okinawa, Japan
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in collaboration with a researcher from Australia have identified a new species of squid living i…
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The reason for mosquito repellent is spiral, you will not expect ...
There are lots of mosquitoes in the summer, one of the easiest and most convenient mosquito repellent and mosquito repellent measures that people often use is mosquito r…
Videos
Fishermen stirred the water, which appeared to be terrifying afterwards
A fisherman seemed terrified to discover something hidden deep beneath the water.
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Hot sun, should we fill up car and motorcycle fuel tanks?
According to experts, the driver should not be worried because the warnings do not have any truth.
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Vietnamese queens are listed in 10 impressive species in 2015
The American Institute of Environmental and Forestry Science (ESF) publishes 10 impressive newly discovered organisms of 2015, including one found in Vietnam.
1001 mystery
The mystery in a person's brain is pierced through his head
After the sharp iron rod pierced the head of a worker in the United States, he still drove himself home and lived for another 12 years.
Conquer Mars
NASA discovered rod-shaped objects on Mars
NASA's Curiosity vehicle detects small rod-shaped objects on the surface of Mars, CNET reported yesterday.
Oceanography
Starfish links lacking in visual evolution?
A study has shown for the first time that starfish use primitive eyes at the ends of its wings to orient their environment by
Archeology
The Chinese bamboo rod is the oldest decimal calculator
On April 23, the Guinness Book of Records recognized a set of Chinese bamboo sticks that existed for more than 2,300 years, the world's oldest decimal calculator.
Archeology
Mushrooms are 50 million years old in amber mass
The 50 million-year-old Eocene fungus was discovered in the amber mass, next to the molting shell of an insect and a rodent's hair.
Archeology
Excavation of vampire graves in Bulgaria
New researchers unearthed an area believed to be a grave