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Leonardo da Vinci

April 23, 2020 0

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman….

Many Trees Have Self-Defense Strategies

April 19, 2020 0

Leaves of the Acacia trees (primarily native to Australia and Africa) are eaten by giraffes…

Slow Life

April 18, 2020 0

A fabulous 4k video highlighting the beauty of coral and other sea life produced by…

Crack The Code

April 17, 2020 0

Can you crack the code? Share your guess in the comments section below!

Strange Beasts: Jumping Spiders

April 17, 2020 0

There are about 5,000 species of jumping spiders around the world. Jumping spiders have very…

Strange Beasts: Sea Cucumbers

April 17, 2020 0

Sea cucumbers may look like chubby vegetable-like creatures that live a rather uninteresting existence underwater,…

Names Of The Months Of The Year

April 16, 2020 0

Would you believe January was not always the first month of the year? The ancient Romans used a…

Names Of The Days Of The Week

April 16, 2020 0

The Babylonians named the days after the five planetary bodies known to them (Tuesday through…

There Are Frogs Smaller Than Your Fingernails

April 16, 2020 0

In March 2019, three new species of incredibly itty-bitty frogs were discovered in Madagascar, according…