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FACTS OF THE DAY

29th June 2018

The oldest known popcorn, recently discovered in Peru, is 6,700 years old.

nationalgeographic.com

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A new study has found that British bumblebees fare better in cities than in the countryside.

nytimes.com

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The world’s tropical forests lost 39 million acres of trees last year, an area about the size of Bangladesh.

nytimes.com

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Scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have identified six distinct types of human disgust.

curiosity.com

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The Cassini probe has revealed that Saturn’s sixth-largest moon, Enceladus, has all the basic ingredients to sustain life.

zmescience.com

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The world’s fattest hedgehog, handed into a rescue centre in Aberdeenshire and about four times normal size, has been put on a diet and exercise regime.

bbc.co.uk


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