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Hibernating bumblebee queens surprisingly can survive underwater for days

It’s not easy being a queen — a bumblebee queen, that is. To start her colony in the spring, an…

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A surprisingly enormous black hole has been found in our galaxy

This artist’s impression shows the orbits of both a massive stellar black hole and its companion star ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers…

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Japan’s SLIM moon lander surprisingly survived a second lunar night

View of the moon’s surface taken from the SLIM lander’s tilted position JAXA Most landers we send to the moon…

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Human brains found at archaeological sites are surprisingly well-preserved

Early in her research, forensic anthropologist Alexandra Morton-Hayward came across a paper describing a 2,500-year-old brain preserved in a severed…

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Food & Drink

How to Avoid Avocado Hand, a Surprisingly Common Injury

In Too Afraid to Ask, we’re answering food-related questions that may or may not give you goosebumps. Today: What is…

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Fashion

16 Celebrities Who Have (Surprisingly) Never Won an Oscar

Over the course of her storied career, Close has been nominated a whopping eight times for her roles in films…

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These South American cave paintings reveal a surprisingly old tradition

Near the southernmost tip of South America, people may have started cave painting nearly 8,200 years ago, several millennia earlier…

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Surprisingly vibrant color of 12-million-year-old snail shells

Snail shells are often colourful and strikingly patterned. This is due to pigments that are produced in special cells of…

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Fashion

8 Surprisingly Affordable Favorites in Kate Middleton’s Jewelry Collection

All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may earn affiliate revenue on this article…

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Viking dentistry was surprisingly advanced

Widespread caries and toothache — but also some dental work and filing of front teeth. Viking Age teeth from Varnhem…

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