Jellyfish, though beautiful, can sting with their tentacles if they brush against you when you're swimming in the ocean.
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Why is Sonic blue? Well, Sega wanted a mascot that was the same color as the company’s logo. Makes sense. Mario wears a red hat after all!
‘The Life of Pi’, a novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel, was rejected by more than five publication houses before it was finally accepted. In 2001, it was finally published and won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. It also won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Best Adult Fiction. Over ten million copies of the novel have been sold worldwide.
Megaphones are banned in Las Vegas, as the council is trying to crack down on unsolicited businesses without a license. The problem? Freedom of speech laws protect those who want to go out and shout about anything, no matter how loud.
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Why is Sonic blue? Well, Sega wanted a mascot that was the same color as the company’s logo. Makes sense. Mario wears a red hat after all!
‘The Life of Pi’, a novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel, was rejected by more than five publication houses before it was finally accepted. In 2001, it was finally published and won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. It also won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Best Adult Fiction. Over ten million copies of the novel have been sold worldwide.
Megaphones are banned in Las Vegas, as the council is trying to crack down on unsolicited businesses without a license. The problem? Freedom of speech laws protect those who want to go out and shout about anything, no matter how loud.
Hundreds of years ago, Robert Hooke published a book called Micrographia that included hand-drawn images of samples observed under a microscope! Hooke, who we mentioned in a previous fact, is often credited as the discoverer of cells, after studying cork under the microscope.
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