Apparently, out of all colors, red is proven to induce hunger more than any other! Red attracts attention, causes excitement, increases energy, and can even raise heart rate. It looks like restaurants learned this trick too. Look at almost any major food chain, such as McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Coca-Cola, and even Walgreens, and red will be there somewhere!

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Scientists think that squids use this technique to fly away from predators, and to speed up their migration patterns. Squids can fly for lengths of over 164 feet at a time. The way they do it is by taking water in their mantle and expelling it a high speeds and then contorting themselves into a rocket shape.

Another interesting thing is that squids are more likely to do this at night. A researcher found this because he noticed that when he left his tank of squids in the dark over night, one or two might jump out and die. However, when the light was on (even just dimmed!) they wouldn't do it. Scientists think that it's because squids would be more vulnerable to birds and other out-of-sea predators during the day. 

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She started the Science Cheerleader blog in 2006, and the group kept growing and now includes women from at leasat 18 professional teams. They have degrees in things like Biology, Mathematics, Engineering, Chemistry. They want to show that there are groups underrepresented in the science and technology fields and they want to connect with them and get them into science.

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It's located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and it houses over 20,000 different salt & pepper shakers from all around the world. 

The collection got started when the owners went to look for a good pepper mill. That soon became their favorite pasttime and eventually became a full-fledged business. 

Their site answers their #1 question. Which shaker is for salt and which is for pepper? The answer is tricky. In the US, the one with most holes is for pepper, and the one with the fewest, for salt. In Europe, this is flipped. 

Check out their site if you want to take a virtual tour. 

Iggy was “…unusually stoned to the point of being barely ambulatory”. He thought that a gorilla was attacking him in the middle of Atlanta on his stage. The guitar player, James Williamson, was getting ready to clock the gorilla on the head when Elton John took the mask off.

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The airport is located at a mile and a half above sea level. The runway is 6,445 feet long, which means that it is shorter than its elevation. The 8 pilots manage to bring more than 30,000 people per year into this airport located in Asia. The pilots encounter vicious winds in the valley where the airport is located.

Flights at Paro are only authorized at daytime with complete visual meteorological conditions. If you would like to experience a landing in this airport just click on the video link below.

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Danielle saw perfectly fine until she turned nineteen, then everything changed. When tested, doctors said her eyes were normal and she should be able to see, yet on further inspection they realized something was wrong. Doctors have since deduced that a nerve in Danielle's brain was stuck in a state that caused her to have constant migraines, thus distorting her vision. Since Danielle lost her vision six months ago, she has only regained it for an hour before colors began to merge again.

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The name for the square comes from the word krasnaya, which has the archaic form preksnaya. This word was first used to refer to Saint Basil’s Cathedral and then was transferred to the square. Many other ancient Russian towns have named their squares Krasnaya ploschad, or red square.

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Wayne McClaren and David McClean were both hired as actors, and forced to smoke up to five packs of cigarettes a day for shoots. It's no surprise after only ten years of resigning as the character, both had died. McClean's family sued Philip Morris, the company owning Marlboro, after his death claiming they held responsibility. 

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Bred in Pasadena, California by Lewis Salisbury for its meat and fur, it is known for being the deepest and darkest of all blue rabbits. However, after its development the rabbit was quickly ignored due to competition for oversea breeds. 

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Scientists are not exactly sure why it occurs, but they believe it is due to a maternal immune response after giving birth to a son. The mother's body reacts to the foreign H-Y antigens of her son, and creates antibodies to counteract them. These antibodies then remain in the mother's body the next time she gives birth.  Although this theory is not unanimously supported, it is generally accepted, and for sons with older brothers, can increase the likelihood of homosexual tendencies up to 48%! 

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First written by A. A. Milne in 1926, and after being acquired by Disney, Winnie-the-Pooh went on to become one of the most successful children's series of all time. However, it turns out there are immense psychological undertones throughout the series and each character was meant to portray a different disorder. Tigger has severe ADHD, Piglet has anxiety, Rabbit is a pedantic loner, Owl has OCD, Eore has extreme depression, while Pooh represents an addict! 

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Although there are reports of rats getting caught in larger plants in Southeast Asia, the plants caretaker says this is only the second recorded time in history where a bird has been found. Scientists believe the bird was trying to catch insects drowning in the plant's cavity, but accidentally drowned itself!

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It's their ability to anticipate future events based on past occurrences and the ability demonstrate self-control. Chickens are also able to feel stress, another feeling they were not previously thought capable of having, which raises a red flag for animal rights advocates because of the implications associated with being killed for food. 

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Historical documents describe the practice in a really detailed way. Greeks would cover pigs on combustible pitch, lit them on fire and drove them towards the war elephants. The elephants would then run in terror because of the squealing pigs and they would kill many of their own soldiers.

Elephants are also scared of rams with horns and their cries, so this was their plan B. The Romans, and even Greeks, used this to their advantage to fight against India and other nations who used war elephants. 

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