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Top 8 most precious treasures in the world are still missing
Amazing treasures from different cultures around the world have been stolen or mysteriously disappeared during wars.
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Unexpected secrets inside the 'ghost hotel' located alone next to the highway
Imagine, it's late at night, you stop and want to book a hotel room but can't find the entrance to the building. How would that feel?
Flu epidemic
Ministry of Health provides detailed instructions on home isolation to prevent nCoV epidemic
Home isolation rooms need to be disinfected daily, and all floors, walls, tables, chairs, objects, stairs, etc. need to be regularly wiped down.
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Don't let the movies fool you, ancient people had to complete these 7749 procedures to rent an inn.
If you still believe that ancient people only needed a few taels of silver to rent a room at an inn, you have been deceived by the movies, say Chinese historians.
AI - Artificial intelligence
Church installs AI confession room
A church in Switzerland has set up an AI-powered version of its confessional to chat with visitors, attracting quite a few curious onlookers.
Archeology
1,300-year-old throne room of powerful Moche queen discovered
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the throne room of a powerful queen from the Moche culture.
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If a nuclear disaster occurs, where is the safest place to take shelter?
A scientific study offers advice in the event of a nuclear disaster, including the worst places to take shelter.
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Inside the Dark Rooms: A Story of Spiritualism and Science
In an era of intersection between science and spiritualism, one of the most famous confrontations between magician Harry Houdini and spiritualist Mina Crandon captured t…
Archeology
New discoveries about the role of women in ancient Moche culture
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered important evidence, believed to indicate female rule in the ancient Moche culture more than 1,300 years ago at the Panamarca site.
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Little-known facts about the dark towel draped across hotel beds
If you travel often and rent hotel rooms, you will see that on each bed, in addition to white sheets, there is also a dark-colored sheet draped across the end of the bed.
Videos
Video: How do window blinds work?
Roller blinds with horizontal louvres have a simple zipper-based operating mechanism and are commonly used to cover windows.
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Explore the bunker that can contain the entire US Congress
The bunker located under an American hotel was once designed to protect government officials in the event of a nuclear war.
1001 mystery
What are the unsolved mysteries of the pyramid?
What comes to everyone's mind when mentioning Egypt is probably the pyramids, one of the most mysterious structures in human history.