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🌍 The largest living organism in the world is a fungus called Armillaria ostoyae, covering over 9.6 square kilometers in Oregon, USA, and e...

📚 Source: United States Forest Service
🔗 https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/ethnobotany/armillaria
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OnlyFacts visual: The largest living organism in the world is a fungus called Armillaria ostoyae, covering over 9.6 sq
October 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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🌍 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds, achieved by a hen named Mike, according to Guinness World Records.

📚 Source: Guinness World Records
🔗 https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-flight-by-a-chicken
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OnlyFacts visual: The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds, achieved by a hen named Mike, according to G
October 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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🌍 There is a type of jellyfish that is biologically immortal, meaning it can transform its body into a younger state through a process called transdifferenti...

📚 Source: National Institute on Aging
🔗 https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-aging
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OnlyFacts visual: There is a type of jellyfish that is biologically immortal, meaning it can transform its body into a
October 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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🌍 Scientists have discovered that a species of giant stick insect, previously thought to be extinct, was actually a misidentified species of a...

📚 Source: ScienceDaily Top News
🔗 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260930020315.htm
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OnlyFacts visual: Scientists have discovered that a species of giant stick insect, previously thought to be extinct, w
October 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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🌍 The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds, achieved by a hen named Mike, who was owned by a farmer in England in 1973.

📚 Source: Guinness World Records
🔗 https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-flight-by-a-chicken
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OnlyFacts visual: The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds, achieved by a hen named Mike, who was owned
October 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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🌍 The Orionid meteor shower is a real astronomical event where small particles from Halley's Comet, known as meteoroid...

📚 Source: BBC Science & Environment
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c64gr18jrvx3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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OnlyFacts visual: The Orionid meteor shower is a real astronomical event where small particles from Halley's Comet, kn
September 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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🌍 There is a type of human cell called 'senescent cells' that can actually shorten an organism's lifespa...

📚 Source: National Institute on Aging
🔗 https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/research-areas/aging-and-age-related-diseases/senescent-cells
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OnlyFacts visual: There is a type of human cell called 'senescent cells' that can actually shorten an organism's lifes
September 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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🌍 The 'Morning Glory Cloud', a rare and tubular cloud formation, can stretch for thousands of kilometers and has been known to support ha...

📚 Source: NASA Earth Observatory
🔗 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/90922/morning-glory-cloud
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OnlyFacts visual: The 'Morning Glory Cloud', a rare and tubular cloud formation, can stretch for thousands of kilomete
September 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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🌍 There is a type of lake in Russia known as 'Donut Lakes' or 'Ringed Lakes' that are formed when ...

📚 Source: NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
🔗 https://www.noaa.gov/topic-centers/polar-and-polar-geographic-coordinates
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OnlyFacts visual: There is a type of lake in Russia known as 'Donut Lakes' or 'Ringed Lakes' that are formed when a la
September 27, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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🌍 NASA and Boeing will provide an update on the development of the Starliner spacecraft, a critical step in the ongoin...

📚 Source: NASA Breaking News
🔗 https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-boeing-to-provide-update-on-starliner-development/
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OnlyFacts visual: NASA and Boeing will provide an update on the development of the Starliner spacecraft, a critical st
September 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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🌍 The more money people earn, the more they tend to overestimate their intelligence and the less accurate their self-assessment becomes, a phenomenon know...

📚 Source: Harvard Business Review (HBR)
🔗 https://hbr.org/2012/10/the-money-illusion
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OnlyFacts visual: The more money people earn, the more they tend to overestimate their intelligence and the less accur
September 27, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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🌍 Scientists have reevaluated ancient zircon crystals found in Western Australia, which were initially thought to be 2.7 billion years old, bu...

📚 Source: ScienceDaily Top News
🔗 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260925093201.htm
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OnlyFacts visual: Scientists have reevaluated ancient zircon crystals found in Western Australia, which were initially
September 26, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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🌍 The ancient city of Petra in Jordan was carved directly into the sandstone cliffs by the Nabataeans between 6th century BCE and 4th century CE, with intricate facades and monu...

📚 Source: Britannica
🔗 https://www.britannica.com/place/Petra
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OnlyFacts visual: The ancient city of Petra in Jordan was carved directly into the sandstone cliffs by the Nabataeans
September 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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🌍 San Marino has officially signed the Artemis Accords, a set of principles guiding international cooperation in l...

📚 Source: NASA Breaking News
🔗 https://www.nasa.gov/organizations/oiir/nasa-welcomes-san-marino-signing-the-artemis-accords/
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OnlyFacts visual: San Marino has officially signed the Artemis Accords, a set of principles guiding international coop
September 26, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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🌍 The BBC's postcode lookup tool helps people determine how hot and dry their local summer was by analyzing temperature an...

📚 Source: BBC Science & Environment
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9zvw47v90o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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OnlyFacts visual: The BBC's postcode lookup tool helps people determine how hot and dry their local summer was by anal
September 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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🌍 Astronomers have successfully captured an unprecedented, high-resolution image of a gas giant planet in the process of formin...

📚 Source: Phys.org Science News
🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-09-astronomers-capture-unprecedented-view-gas.html
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OnlyFacts visual: Astronomers have successfully captured an unprecedented, high-resolution image of a gas giant planet
September 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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🌍 The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents, thanks to the hundreds of d...

📚 Source: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
🔗 https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/why-do-we-have-different-smells
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OnlyFacts visual: The human nose can detect over 1 trillion different scents, thanks to the hundreds of different type
September 25, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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🌍 The largest known structure in the universe is the supercluster Laniakea, spanning over 500 million light-years across 10 million galaxies.

📚 Source: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
🔗 https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1402a/
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OnlyFacts visual: The largest known structure in the universe is the supercluster Laniakea, spanning over 500 million
September 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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🌍 There is a giant storm on Jupiter that has been raging for at least 187 years, with winds reaching speeds of up to 400 miles per hour.

📚 Source: NASA
🔗 https://www.nasa.gov/jupiter
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OnlyFacts visual: There is a giant storm on Jupiter that has been raging for at least 187 years, with winds reaching s
September 24, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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🌍 Humans and chimpanzees share nearly 99% of their DNA, with the majority of differences being in non-coding regions tha...

📚 Source: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
🔗 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174281/
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OnlyFacts visual: Humans and chimpanzees share nearly 99% of their DNA, with the majority of differences being in non-
September 24, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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🌍 The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, typically occurring in September or October, and ...

📚 Source: BBC Science & Environment
🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cmp8dr34rz0yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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OnlyFacts visual: The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, typically occurring in September
September 23, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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🌍 Lake Mead, one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, has indeed reached a record low water level due to prolonged drought and clim...

📚 Source: ScienceDaily Top News
🔗 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260922005701.htm
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OnlyFacts visual: Lake Mead, one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, has indeed reached a record low water
September 23, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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🌍 The Framing Effect, a cognitive bias, reveals that people tend to prefer gifts with a positive monetary value, such as a $100 gift card, over those with a neg...

📚 Source: Harvard Business Review
🔗 https://hbr.org/2007/01/the-framing-effect
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OnlyFacts visual: The Framing Effect, a cognitive bias, reveals that people tend to prefer gifts with a positive monet
September 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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🌍 The human brain contains a type of neuron called a 'grandmother cell' that is specifically tuned to recognize and respond to...

📚 Source: Harvard Medical School
🔗 https://hms.harvard.edu/news/neuroscientists-discover-grandmother-cells-brain
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OnlyFacts visual: The human brain contains a type of neuron called a 'grandmother cell' that is specifically tuned to
September 22, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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🌍 NASA has successfully powered up the Roman Space Telescope's Wide Field Instrument, which boasts a 300-megapixel camera, to capture high-res...

📚 Source: ScienceDaily Top News
🔗 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260921081058.htm
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OnlyFacts visual: NASA has successfully powered up the Roman Space Telescope's Wide Field Instrument, which boasts a 3
September 22, 2026 at 12:49 PM