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Grand Central Terminal is radioactive.​

Located in midtown Manhattan, New York’s most-beloved transportation hub was built out of granite, which contains higher levels of uranium than most other stones. That means the architectural landmark is technically radioactive — and it’s not the only famous building in the U.S. with that distinction.
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Among the many indignities inflicted upon ancient Egyptian mummies, being squeezed from a tube onto an artist’s palette may be one of the strangest. For centuries, European artists used a brown pigment known as “mummy brown” or “Egyptian brown.” It became especially fashionable among European artists in the 18th and 19th centuries, although some may not have realized exactly what it contained. Here’s the basic recipe.
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This wasp can turn cockroaches into 'zombies.'
By Nicole Villeneuve
With such a whimsical-sounding name as “jewel wasp,” you wouldn’t expect this creature to be so sinister. Found in tropical parts of Africa and Asia, the female wasp first stings the cockroach in the thorax, temporarily disabling its front legs, then delivers a second sting directly into its brain.

The venom doesn’t simply paralyze the roach. Instead, it changes activity in parts of its nervous system, leaving the cockroach alive but surprisingly docile, with little motivation to escape. The wasp then leads the roach by the antennae into a nest, where she lays an egg on the cockroach. The unfortunate roach remains alive as the wasp larva develops, eventually becoming its food.
Think that’s terrifying? Then don’t read about these guys
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Lions are very tall — in fact, most measure between 3.5 and 4 feet tall at the shoulder. Males may grow up to 10 feet long and have tails that measure 2 to 3 feet long, while females are typically smaller and grow to be about 9 feet long.​
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