The Strangest Natural and Man-Made Items that Actually Exist

A Weathered Leaf

When a leaf outlives its normal cycle, the carbon that collects the sunlight eventually breaks down. As the leaf dies and the tree begins to shed to hunker down for the winter, some leaves remain, and they eventually begin to look like this.

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The More You Know

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  • Dogs can learn up to 165 words.
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