Abandoned Stadiums All Over the World

Zika Virus and Pollution

As folks were preparing for the games, reports of Zika virus began to spread. People were also concerned about the pollution in nearby Guanabara Bay. That wasn’t enough to sway the Olympics to leave, and everything ended up going smoothly!

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The More You Know

  • Grasshopper Mice have evolved to turn scorpion venom into a pain-killer. They now prey on scorpions.
  • Mark Zuckerberg said a voting mechanism that says whether posts are good or bad is 'not something that we think is good for the world'.
  • Clark Kent (Superman in DC Comics) is also a character in the Marvel universe, where he's actually just a mild-mannered reporter and nothing more.
  • Scorpions are incredibly resilient: scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.
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