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Female Cassowaries are notably larger than their male counterparts. In fact, among the world’s largest species of cassowaries, Southern Cassowaries, females typically weigh up to 167 pounds, while males weigh no more than 121 pounds.​
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Did you know a man spent 55 years building his own medieval fortress?
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America might not have medieval knights or dragon legends, but we've got castles—lots of them, actually. Built by eccentric millionaires, romantic dreamers, and people who apparently had too much money and not enough hobbies, these stone fortresses dot the landscape from coast to coast.​
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Seagulls dance on grass to trick earthworms into thinking it’s raining.
By Michael Nordine
Despite being known as scavengers, seagulls do occasionally dance for their dinner — literally, when it comes to earthworms. Just as the soil dwellers instinctively make their way to the surface after it rains, seagulls rhythmically tap their feet on the ground in a “rain dance” that tricks their prey into thinking it’s raining.

Also known as “worm charming,” the dance produces vibrations that mimic the pitter-patter of raindrops and attracts earthworms in the same way an alluring flame attracts a moth. That earthworms brave the surface in search of food, thus increasing their chances of becoming food, is essentially the circle of life in microcosm — and a reminder of the ways in which species are constantly adapting to each other’s habits to gain an advantage.
Other clever ways predators outsmart their prey
 

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In WWII, Germany built a secret weather station in Canada that wasn’t discovered until 1977.​

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Though it tends not to receive as much credit as its neighbor to the south, Canada made significant contributions to World War II, entering the conflict just nine days after Germany invaded Poland — and more than two years before the United States. The country also faced an incursion that it didn’t even know about until decades after the war.
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Endlessly scrolling through Netflix without being able to decide what to watch is an all-too-common problem, but it’s easier to solve if you have a specific genre in mind. And while most of the history dramas streaming on the platform aren’t exactly historical themselves, as Netflix’s catalog is known to skew toward newer films, that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth watching. Here are five of the best, which tell stories ranging from complex biographies to a single day in World War I.
 
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