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Why Wombats Are the Only Animals That Poop Cubes
Wombats produce perfectly cube-shaped droppings, and scientists spent years trying to figure out how on Earth that actually happens.
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The Shark That Doesn't Hit Puberty Until Age 150
The Greenland shark can live over 400 years, making it the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth ? and it doesn't even become an adult until it's about 150 years old.
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Wombats Make Cube Poop and Science Is Here for It
The wombat is the only known animal on Earth that produces perfectly cube-shaped droppings, and scientists were so baffled they studied it for years.
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The Only Animal That Poops Perfect Cubes
Wombats are the world's only known animals to produce cube-shaped droppings ? a quirk so bizarre it took scientists a full study to figure out how on earth they do it.
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Wombats Poop in Cubes and Scientists Finally Know Why
Australia's chunkiest little digger produces perfectly cube-shaped droppings, and the physics behind it would make a geometry teacher weep with joy.
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Lobsters Don't Really Age and Scientists Are Jealous
Unlike the rest of us, lobsters produce an enzyme that repairs their DNA indefinitely ? meaning they technically don't age, they just keep growing and getting more fertile.
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Wombats Are the World's Only Cube-Shaped Poop Producers
In a world full of round, oval, and formless animal droppings, the wombat stands alone as nature's only known producer of perfectly cube-shaped scat.
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Wombats Drop the World's Only Cube-Shaped Poop
The wombat is the only animal on Earth known to produce cube-shaped droppings, and scientists spent years puzzling over how soft tissue could possibly manufacture a corner.
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The Axolotl That Grows Back Almost Everything
The axolotl, a smiley little salamander from Mexico, can regrow lost limbs, organs, and even parts of its brain ? making it the undisputed champion of biological do-overs.
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Cleopatra Lived Closer to the Moon Landing Than to the Great Pyramid
The Great Pyramid was already 2,500 years old when Cleopatra was born ? meaning she was actually closer in time to humanity's first Moon landing than to the pyramid's construction.