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Learn how the terracotta figurines made their way from Mexico to your kitchen windowsill.

Leave it to the Victorians to make a bracelet of woven hair.

From graveyard picnics to humanlike animal taxidermy, these Victorian pastimes are certainly unusual by modern standards.

These tiny insects come in eye-popping shapes.

Their slime is actually liquid crystal.

Fish, feces, and vomit, oh my!

Whether it's a lost purse or an entire galaxy, the thing you're looking for is almost always the last place you look.

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The company made five times more than was expected.

A new book gathers 200 beautiful images showing evolution’s influence on the flora and fauna of the world.

A new book traces how people have depicted flora from ancient times through the modern era.

If you don't have a knife, you can still open that coconut with the help of a few sharp rocks.

7. Fish that live in the Arctic can produce their own antifreeze.

Sasquatch might want to steer clear of Texas.

One glimpse of a beady-eyed rat scuttling across the basement floor or darting down a city sidewalk is enough to make most people scream. Here are a few facts that show why rats deserve another look.

In the past 500 years, cats have played a role in the demise of 63 species.

A new study finds that conserved lands contributed around $1.8 billion to Vermont's tourism industry between 2007 and 2014.

The fruit and its wasp have been evolving together for millions of years.

9 Nostalgic Facts About Chia Pets

9 Victorian Hobbies That Seem Weird Today

12 Weird Photos of Treehoppers

10 Slippery Facts About Slugs

8 of Nature's Smelliest Plants

15 Incredible Discoveries That Were Hiding in Plain Sight

The 11 Items Expert Survivalists Always Have on Hand

7 of the World's Most Extreme Landscapes

13 Incredible Facts About Patagonia

11 Skills You'll Need Before You Head Into the Wild

10 Extreme Adventures You Can Have in Antarctica

9 Incredible Things You Can Only See in Northern Canada

11 Flightless Facts About Kiwis

How to Handle These 10 Extreme Survival Scenarios

Patagonia to Donate $10 Million in Black Friday Sales to Environmental Causes

9 Photos That Show the Enduring Power of Evolution

9 Breathtaking Images of the Botanical World

How to Open a Coconut Without Tools

10 Freezing Facts About the Arctic's Ecosystem

Is It Legal to Shoot Bigfoot?

11 Amazing Facts About Rats

Feral Cats Are Key Contributors to the Sixth Mass Extinction

Selfies Can Calculate the Monetary Value of Conservation, Study Finds

Fig Pollination Is Incredible (And Probably Results In You Eating Mummified Wasps)