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The seahorse is a small fish that swims upright and looks like a tiny horse. In seahorses, the male gets pregnant. The female puts her eggs into a pouch on the male's belly, where he fertilises them and carries them for weeks until he gives birth, sometimes to hundreds or even more than a thousand tiny seahorses at once. He then goes back to normal, and is not thought to talk about it nearly as much as he could. (Full article...)
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- … that the left side of a road is the side that isn’t the right side?
- … that a circle has no corners, unlike shapes that do?
- … that most clouds are found in the sky, where the clouds are?
- … that a minute lasts about 60 seconds, give or take no seconds?
- … that the bottom step of a staircase is the lowest one?
- … that an empty glass has nothing in it until something is put in it?
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- Zigzag – A zigzag is a straight line that kept changing its mind.
- Windmill – A windmill is a tall building that waves at everyone all day and has never once been waved back at properly.
- Pancake – The first pancake of any batch is always a failure.
- Navy (colour) – Navy is a blue so dark it is regularly mistaken for black.
- Moth – A moth is a butterfly that works nights.
In the news
- The Sun rises in the east for the 740,287th consecutive day on record. Experts call the streak “frankly suspicious”.
- Scientists confirm that Tuesday will once again follow Monday, despite objections from people with plans for Monday.
- WinkyPedia publishes its findings on Zigzag, concluding that a zigzag is a straight line that kept changing its mind, and is now the shortest route to nowhere in particular.
- Geologists confirm that the boulder in Field 4 has not moved, and describe the mood as “tense”.
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On this day
November 2
- 1861 – A boulder was moved one inch by a glacier and has not spoken of it since.
- 1967 – The longest “just a minute” on record ended, six years after it began.
- 1992 – A queue formed outside a shop that had not yet decided what it sold.
- 2002 – A tree fell in a forest. A researcher hiding behind another tree confirmed it made a sound.
Today's featured picture
A puddle, photographed shortly after it became a puddle and shortly before it will still be a puddle. Puddles are formed when water collects in a place where water has collected. This particular puddle is approximately puddle-sized and is located wherever it was when the photo was taken.
Photograph credit: A. Camera
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