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Five unusual ways to make buildings greener (literally)

Buildings adorned with plants are an increasingly familiar sight in cities worldwide. These “green walls” are generally created using metal frames that support plastic plates, onto which pre-grown plants are inserted. These plants are able to survive without soil because they’re sustained by nutrient-packed rolls of felt and artificial sprinklers.

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The Dalai Lama is a cisgender man – yet he has an unexpected connection to the trans community

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, turns 90 this week – a milestone that’s reigniting speculation over his eventual successor.

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Here Are Popular Food And Drink Items That Were Invented By Mistake (35 Pics)

Kitchen disasters, war shortages and coincidences are apparently to thank for some of our favourite food and drinks we have today.

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Wikimedia Commons: Here Are The 42 Best Pictures Of 2006-2022 Chosen By This Community

Today, we are pleased to share with you the best images chosen by the community of Wikimedia Commons.

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Time Leaves Its Fingerprints: 40 Places That Barely Recognize Themselves Anymore

How often do we stop to pay attention to changing surroundings?

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Why Netflix’s The Eternaut is one of the most important shows to come out of Argentina in recent years

It all starts when a group of old friends in Buenos Aires meet for a round of the card game truco on a hot summer night. Suddenly – a power outage. As darkness engulfs the city, a mysterious poisonous snow falls from the sky.

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Sarah Silverman says her dad revealed a shocking truth about her baby brother's death

The comedian said her dad told her the different story following a performance of The Bedwetter

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How Tove Jansson’s Moomins illustrations taught us to imagine, resist and belong

There is a world beyond our own, where imagination and reality meet, and where, for 80 years, Tove Jansson’s Moomins illustrations have offered readers a way to recognise themselves.

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56 Rare Photos Of Famous Historical Figures (New Pics)

Do you know how the famous painter Vincent Van Gogh looked when he was young?

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What 2,000 years of Chinese history reveals about today’s AI-driven technology panic – and the future of inequality

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China’s sun-scorched plains: “Heaven has gone blind!” Thousands of starving farmers, their faces smeared with ox blood, marched toward the opulent vaults held by the Han dynasty’s elite rulers.

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French cemetery for West African troops reopens amid identity dispute

A military cemetery near Lyon, where nearly 200 West African soldiers who fought for France in World War II are buried, has reopened after being desecrated earlier this year – and despite ongoing controversy over the identification of some of the dead.

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Long before debates over ‘wokeness’, Epicurus built a philosophy that welcomed slaves, women and outsiders

If you peruse the philosophy section of your local bookshop, you’ll probably find a number of books on Stoicism – an ancient philosophy enjoying a renaissance today. But where are the Epicureans?

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Women’s sexual pleasure is still taboo – but the Kamasutra tells a different story

For some people, the Kamasutra is little more than a name associated with condom brands, scented oils and chocolates shaped into erotic positions. In India, where sex remains a taboo subject, this ancient sex manual has often been reduced to merely a “dirty book”.

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Meet Maria Clementina Sobieska, the defiant queen who pulled off a jailbreak to secure the Jacobite legacy

Maria Clementina Sobieski is one of only three women buried in the famous St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, alongside an estimated 100 or so popes. She lived a life of extraordinary defiance and determination.

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Disturbing Video Of Tapeworm Being Extracted From Woman’s Mouth Is Going Viral

"It's a nightmare." Horrifying video of a tapeworm being extracted from a woman’s mouth prompts experts to issue an “urgent warning.” The post Disturbing Video Of Tapeworm Being Extracted From Woman’s Mouth Is Going Viral first appeared on Bored Panda.

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It’s the biggest Egyptian tomb discovery in a century. Who was Thutmose II?

Archaeologists in Egypt have made an exciting discovery: the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II, a ruler who has long been overshadowed by his famous wife and half-sister, Queen Hatshepsut.

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Jack The Ripper’s Identity Revealed After 130 Years Thanks To DNA Testing

We might finally know the identity of the notorious killer, Jack the Ripper, and we might even have a DNA result for reference. Over 130 years after his gruesome murders in East London, England, the descendants of his victims are looking to unmask the identity of the serial killer popularly…

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“It’s Hard To Fathom”: Baffled Expert Says Dated Military Practice Might Have Caused DC Crash

Aviation expert and former pilot pointed out a concerning military practice at airports after the tragic American Airlines crash The post “It’s Hard To Fathom”: Baffled Expert Says Dated Military Practice Might Have Caused DC Crash first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Leonardo da Vinci’s incredible studies of human anatomy still don’t get the recognition they deserve

The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, hydrology, engineering and physics. As a painter, his Mona Lisa and Last Supper are considered works of mastery.

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Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is on a path that might lead to a collision with our planet on 22 December 2032.

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Artificial intelligence: what five giants of the past can teach us about handling the risks

The progress of artificial intelligence (AI) has been relentless. With OpenAI’s latest model, o3, recently breaking records yet again, it raises urgent questions about safety, as well as the future of humanity.

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Guadeloupe to fell 'exotic' coconut trees to stem coastal erosion

France's Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe, famed for its tropical beaches, plans to remove some of its exotic coconut palms to stem coastal erosion and eradicate a tree disease.

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Today Is The 57th Anniversary Of The Day We Just Lost A Prime Minister In The Ocean

December 17 is a somber day for many, whom use it to reflect on the loss of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt.

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Strasbourg honours liberation heroes 80 years after fall of Nazi regime

French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Strasbourg on Saturday to mark the 80th anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi rule. He will also visit Natzweiler-Struthof, the site of the only fully operational concentration camp on French soil.

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Gladiator II features a naval battle held in the Colosseum. These brutal spectacles really happened

It’s one of the most thrilling sequences in Ridley Scott’s new film Gladiator II, the long-awaited sequel to the 2000 Oscar-winning blockbuster.

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