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What’s the difference between weather and climate change?
Thanks to the MET Office, it won’t rain on our parade of facts. Check them out now!
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What is the source of the River Nile?
The How It Works team goes ‘up river’ in a quest for the holy grail of Nile-related facts.
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Why do pelicans have such large beaks compared with other birds?
Hein van Grouw from the Department of Zoology at the Natural History Museum, London, goes fishing with a bucket of tasty facts.
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Why do cats purr?
Are these household pets always really happy?
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What is the most rare big cat and why?
There are only 30 left in the wild! Check out which subspecies and why now.
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Do lemmings jump off cliffs?
Are these animals really that stupid?
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Are no two snowflakes alike?
In the world of snowflakes, conformism is king
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How does an electric eel generate electricity?
Hopefully our answer won’t come as too much of a shock
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Are bulls enraged by the colour red?
Turns out this popular myth is all a big hoax. We knew it!
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Why do some beaches have sand and others have pebbles?
Find out the answer right here
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Top Five Facts: Giant Bugs
Five gruesome facts about some of the biggest creepy-crawlies in the world
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Why don’t penguins’ feet freeze?
Andrew Kitchener has the answer for us
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Can lightning strike the same place twice?
We’ve got the lightning-fast answer right here
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Why is ice clear and snow white?
It’s got nothing to do with seven dwarfs, or so we’re told
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Video: Incredible waterspout tornadoes form over Australia
Water columns 600 metres high formed off the coast of Australia on 30 May 2011
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Do birds have eyelids?
Andrew Kitchener gives us the answer in the blink of an eye
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Why is volcanic ash a safety risk to planes?
Once again, the airspace of the UK and mainland Europe is threatened by the increased activity of a volcano in Iceland, but what’s the problem with volcanic ash and why is it a danger to aircraft?
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Top Five Facts: Uses of Coal
What can we actually do with this black stuff?
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Video: Superb lyre bird mimics car alarm
Watch David Attenborough report on the incredible sounds of the lyre bird and hear it mimic other animals, sounds of the forest and even a car alarm