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Most kids here have seen the new star wars, The Force Awakens, and the biggest mystery is, who are Rey's parents. This website has completely proven that Rey is a Kenobi.Most people think Rey is Luke's daughter, which would be the most obvious thing ever. You must read this to understand.

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As Star Wars fans make their final preparations for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, it's easy to forget that in just about a year (as of this writing), Star Wars: Episode VIII will hit theaters. Rian Johnson's film will of course continue the sequel trilogy in the Skywalker family saga, telling the next chapter of Rey's journey. The young protagonist was one of the many highlights of last year's The Force Awakens, but the character is far from a complete picture yet. Episode VII was extremely brief on offering any details about Rey's backstory; the only real clue coming in the ambiguous Force vision sequence, where audiences see Rey as a child being left by an unseen family on Jakku.

Since Star Wars 7's premiere, Rey's heritage has been the subject of much rumor and speculation (much of which we have detailed in the past). Theorizing is part of the fun of following a big franchise like Star Wars, and fans have spent the past 12 months pouring over anything they can find to try to piece the whole thing together. Though Lucasfilm is promising that satisfying answers are in store, viewers are not content to just sit back and wait - instead, many are trying to piece the puzzle together themselves, well ahead of the official revelations.

One of the more popular theories regarding Rey's lineage is the notion that she is part of the Kenobi bloodline and is Obi-Wan's granddaughter. The symmetry of a Kenobi doing battle with Anakin Skywalker's grandson is quite tantalizing, so many fans have bought into that hypothesis. In recent weeks, thanks to comments about Obi-Wan's potential role in the upcoming saga films, Daisy Ridley's thoughts on Rey's parentage, and even Star Wars Rebels, "Rey Kenobi" is starting to gain a fair bit of traction within the fan community. But based on what we know now, how realistic is that? We're about to dive deep into the theory.

What We Know From The Films

Ridley raised a fair amount of eyebrows recently, when she was asked about preserving the secrets of the new Star Wars films. On the topic of Rey's mysterious family, the actress believes many of the answers were hidden in The Force Awakens. It wasn't until after attending a screening and hearing the ensuing discussions that she realized things were not as clear-cut as she initially thought. This, of course, will only encourage curious minds to give Episode VII another watch, but what exactly should viewers be looking for when trying to crack the case?

If "a lot was answered in The Force Awakens" as Ridley suggests, then the options for her ancestry are somewhat limited. From the beginning, many have claimed that the former scavenger is the estranged daughter of Luke Skywalker, and there is some evidence in the movie to back this up. The Skywalker family lightsaber (which belonged to Anakin and then Luke) called to Rey on Takodana, and the way Maz Kanata described the weapon made it seem like an heirloom that gets passed down from generation to generation. If the lightsaber was Luke's and his father's before him, wouldn't the next direct descendent be in line to own it now? Additionally, the Star Wars 7 script revealed that during the fateful final scene, Luke "doesn't need to ask [Rey] who she is, or what she is doing here... his look says it all." The implication is that the elder Skywalker has some history with Rey, even though she believes Luke is nothing but a myth at the beginning of the film.

Still, there have been plenty of holes poked in the "Rey Skywalker" theory since Force Awakens came out. One of the more telling ones was in the canon novel Bloodline, which is set six years prior to the movie. The book is primarily about Leia, but Luke is periodically mentioned throughout. He is traveling around the galaxy with his prized pupil, Ben Solo, meaning the son of Han and Leia has yet to turn to the Dark Side. It seems unlikely that Luke would abandon his 5-year old daughter on Jakku then, if things were still relatively peaceful. J.J. Abrams also mentioned in his Force Awakens commentary that Rey and Kylo Ren never met before the film, so unless Rey was birthed in secret, chances are Ben would have had some interaction with his cousin while still a Jedi apprentice. It's worth mentioning that Kylo has a volatile reaction upon hearing a Jakku girl accompanied Finn and BB-8 off-planet, suggesting that he was at the very least aware of her existence. Hopefully time will reveal more.

Some believe that portions of Episode VII point to Rey being related to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Again, the Force vision holds the most compelling hint, as it is Old Ben who speaks to Rey, telling her, "Rey... these are your first steps." The fact that Obi-Wan addresses her directly indicates there could very well be a connection between the two. Other evidence seems to be more circumstantial and less concrete; Rey speaks in a very Kenobi-esque English accent, is adept at Jedi mind tricks, and climbs her way through the innards of Starkiller base a la Obi-Wan on the Death Star. Depending on who you ask, that's simply a coincidence or proof that lends credence to the theory. Without knowing what's to come in Episode VIII, it's difficult to say for certain which direction Force Awakens leans in. The stronger case can be made for Skywalker, but the non-film canon materials throw some monkey wrenches in there for good measure.

Proof In Star Wars Rebels?

Star Wars Rebels, which is now in its third season, is part of the franchise canon like all the films, novels, and comics, so some people have been searching through the show for any potential clues. The tenth episode of season three, titled "Visions and Voices," actually makes reference to Obi-Wan, as it's revealed both Ezra Bridger and Darth Maul are looking for the old Jedi. In the episode, Maul takes Ezra to his lair on Dathomir, which has objects of his past. A couple of eye-catching items are the Darksaber (an ancient, black-bladed lightsaber that Maul used during Clone Wars) and a painting of Mandalorian Duchess Satine Kryze (Obi-Wan's love interest who was killed by Maul in Clone Wars). At the end of the episode, Sabine takes the Darksaber - which is a symbol of Manadalorian leadership - for herself off-planet.

Following "Visions and Voices" airing, some fans believed that Rebels offered a major clue about Rey's past. The theory speculates that Sabine is the daughter of Obi-Wan and Satine and later becomes Rey's mother. However, none other than Dave Filoni has shot down any possible Sabine/Satine connection, saying in interviews that the name similarities are purely coincidence. Fans are used to members of the creative team playing coy, but the Lucasfilm story group has years of content planned out and no doubt decided long ago that Sabine and Satine would not be related, despite both hailing from Mandalore. It also seems unlikely that the studio would want to have blatant of a connection between the movies and Rebels, a popular animated program that still only secures a viewership that's a fraction of the filmgoing public. If Rey's parentage is meant to be an impactful reveal, her mother being a character not all know could be confusing and alienating. Saw Gerrera having a minor role in Rogue One is one thing. This would be something else.

Now, the notion that Rey's parents are not on Rebels doesn't necessarily discredit the idea that she's a Kenobi. Obi-Wan spent 19 years in exile on Tatooine, and though he largely remained hidden and tried to distance himself from the Jedi ways, Old Ben still got involved with some action. The comics detail a specific event where he stopped Jabba the Hutt's henchmen from extorting the Lars family, and the one-off issue From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi: "The Last of His Breed," Obi-Wan does battle against various injustices on Tatooine. He didn't just stay put in his hut until Luke was old enough to train. If there is to be an Obi-Wan spinoff film(s) down the line, an interesting hook - in the event Rey is a Kenobi - would be seeing Rey's grandparents develop a relationship. Of course, this could raise questions about A New Hope, but if handled properly, fans could find the angle compelling.

This is all to say, people should not look to Rebels for any potential clues at this juncture. Not only was the evidence in "Visions and Voices" scant, it's been disproven by the show's creator. The series has done a great deal of good in terms of fleshing out this particular era of Star Wars history and introducing new fan-favorite characters, but right now it's just a complementary piece to the larger canon. Perhaps one day, its impact in the franchise will become greater, since it still has a ways to go before wrapping up. Rebels will always be noteworthy for "officially" brining Grand Admiral Thrawn into the fold, so the story group may have some more things up their sleeves as viewers follow the Ghost crew.

Conclusion

Prior to the theatrical release of The Force Awakens, Kathleen Kennedy seemed to lend credence to the "Rey Skywalker" theory by stating that the saga films represent a generational tale about the Skywalker family. Granted, the presence of Luke and Kylo Ren in the sequel trilogy means that the famous clan is accounted for, but Star Wars 7 was decidedly Rey's story. These new films are about her journey, so that would imply that she is in some way connected to the Skywalkers and lean against the Kenobi hypothesis. As strange as it may seem that Luke had a daughter with someone in secret while he was still close to Han and Leia, remember Anakin and Padmé married without Obi-Wan's knowledge and Luke and Leia's true heritage was widely unknown for decades.

It's been reported that the main reason why a standalone Obi-Wan movie has not been green lit yet is because the character still has a role to play in the forthcoming saga episodes, but that has yet to be confirmed and could mean anything. Even if Ewan McGregor cameoed as a Force ghost, it doesn't mean he's Rey's grandfather. With Episode VIII dedicating more screen time to Luke, he could easily be seeking guidance from his former mentor, unsure of himself after failing with Ben Solo. That would be a logical fit for Obi-Wan and give Rian Johnson an interesting angle to explore.

Based on the evidence available to us now, it seems unlikely that Rey could be a Kenobi. The strongest case can be made for Skywalker, though that is not clear cut either. Regardless, the filmmakers have a monumental task ahead of them. Episode VII was intentionally crafted to leave these threads dangling for future installments. Unanswered questions are always tantalizing, but if the eventual revelations are not very satisfying, all the build-up will be for naught. Lucasfilm seems to have a nice handle on their prized franchise, with both Force Awakens and now Rogue One scoring well with critics, so they've earned the benefit of the doubt for now.

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As Star Wars fans make their final preparations for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , it's easy to forget that in just about a year (as of this writing), Star Wars: Episode VIII will hit theaters. Rian Johnson's film will of course continue the sequel trilogy in the Skywalker family saga, telling the next chapter of Rey's journey.

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Forest fires travel faster uphill than downhill!   By: Roy

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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill. This is because heat rises; if a fire is going uphill the flame from the top of one tree would burn the bottom of the tree above it, causing that tree to burn and continue to the next tree. They also move faster uphill because fires need oxygen, fuel, and heat to burn. If you hold a match and its is burning the correct way it will burn slowly down to your fingers. If you turn that match upside down it burns faster and will burn your fingers. Let's say that a fire is burning down hill. The flame on each tree would have to burn down to the ground to start the next tree's top branches on fire. If it burns uphill the flame has to burn halfway until burning the next tree.

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by: Zach Kirschenmann Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill. This is because heat rises; if a fire is going uphill the flame from the top of one tree would burn the bottom of the tree above it, causing that tree to burn and continue to the next tree.

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Forest fires actually do go faster uphill than down hill.
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Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill. This is because heat rises; if a fire is going uphill the flame from the top of one tree would burn the bottom of the tree above it, causing that tree to burn and continue to the next tree. They also move faster uphill because fires need oxygen, fuel, and heat to burn. If you hold a match and its is burning the correct way it will burn slowly down to your fingers. If you turn that match upside down it burns faster and will burn your fingers. Let's say that a fire is burning down hill. The flame on each tree would have to burn down to the ground to start the next tree's top branches on fire. If it burns uphill the flame has to burn halfway until burning the next tree.

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You might say it's raining cats and dogs, but you don't mean it literally. But at times in many areas around the world that it has rained things stranger than felines and canines.

Weird rain is a bizarre and still largely unexplained phenomenon periodically reported from all corners of the globe. There have been accounts of frog rain, fish rain, squid rain, worm rain, even alligator rain. The logical explanation for the odd occurrences is that a tornado or strong whirlwind picked up the animals from a shallow body of water and carried them-sometimes for hundreds of miles-before dropping them on a bewildered populace.

This explanation has yet to be proven, and it can't quite account for all of the documented incidents, as you'll see below.

Here are some of the most unusual cases. They are a small sampling from among thousands of reports over the years that defy rational explanation.

In 1873, Scientific American reported that Kansas City, Missouri was blanketed with frogs that dropped from the sky during a storm.

Minneapolis, Minnesota was pelted with frogs and toads in July 1901. A news item stated: "When the storm was at its highest... there appeared as if descending directly from the sky a huge green mass. Then followed a peculiar patter, unlike that of rain or hail. When the storm abated the people found, three inches deep and covering an area of more than four blocks, a collection of a most striking variety of frogs... so thick in some places [that] travel was impossible."

The citizens of Naphlion, a city in southern Greece, were surprised one morning in May 1981, when they awoke to find small green frogs falling from the sky. Weighing just a few ounces each, the frogs landed in trees and plopped into the streets. The Greek Meteorological Institute surmised they were picked up by a strong wind. It must have been a very strong wind. The species of frog was native to North Africa.

In 1995, reports Fortean Times Online, Nellie Straw of Sheffield, England, was driving through Scotland on holiday with her family when they encountered a severe storm. Along with the heavy rain, however, hundreds of frogs suddenly pelted her car.

A powerful whirlwind might explain a rain of small fish, but it cannot account for the ones that fell on a village in India. As many as 10 people reported picking up fish that weighed as much as eight pounds that had come crashing down on them.

In February 1861, folks in many areas of Singapore reported a rain of fish following an earthquake. How could the two possibly correlate?

Golfers dread gathering clouds and a rain that might ruin their game. But imagine the consternation of several duffers in Bournemouth, England, in 1948 who received a shower of herring.

Priests often pray for blessings from above... but fish? In 1966, Father Leonard Bourne was dashing through a downpour across a courtyard in North Sydney, Australia, when a large fish fell from the sky and landed on his shoulder. The priest nearly caught it as it slid down his chest, but it squirmed away, fell to the flooded ground and swam away.

These things don't always happen in a heavy rain. In 1989, in Ipswich, Australia, Harold and Degen's front lawn was covered with about 800 "sardines" that rained from above during a light shower.

This report is most unusual: In an otherwise clear sky in Chilatchee, Alabama in 1956, a woman and her husband watched as a small dark cloud formed in the sky. When it was overhead, the cloud released its contents: rain, catfish, bass, and bream. All of the fish were alive. The dark cloud had turned to white, then dispersed.

Raining Flesh and Blood

In 1890, Popular Science News reported that blood rained down on Messignadi, Calabria in Italy-bird's blood. It was speculated that the birds were somehow torn apart by violent winds, although there were no such winds at the time. And no other parts of the bird came down, just blood.

J. Hudson's farm in Los Nietos Township, California endured a rain of flesh and blood for three minutes in 1869. The grisly fall covered several acres.

The American Journal of Science confirmed a shower of blood, fat, and muscle tissue that fell on a tobacco farm near Lebanon, Tennessee in August 1841. Field workers, who actually experienced this weird shower, said they heard a rattling noise and saw "drops of blood, as they supposed...fell from a red cloud which was flying over."

Miscellaneous Weird Rain

In 1881, a thunderstorm in Worcester, England, brought down tons of periwinkles and hermit crabs.

In November 1996, a town in southern Tasmania was slimed. Several residents woke up on a Sunday morning after a night of violent thunderstorms to find a strange, white-clear jelly-like substance on their property. Apparently, it had rained either fish eggs or baby jellyfish.

A Korean fisherman, trolling off the coast of the Falkland Islands, was knocked unconscious by a single frozen squid that fell from the sky and konked him on the head.

In July 2001, a red rain fell on Kerala, India. At first, it was thought that a meteor was responsible for the strange-colored rain, but an analysis showed that the water was filled with fungal spores. Still, where did all of those red spores come from to be rained down in such concentration?

From about 1982 to 1986, kernels of corn rained down on several houses in Evans, Colorado-tons of it, according to Gary Bryan, one of the residents. Oddly, there were no cornfields in the area that might account for the phenomenon.

In August 2001, the Wichita, Kansas area experienced an unexplained rain of corn husks. The news report stated that "thousands of dried corn leaves fell over east Wichita-from about Central Avenue to 37th Street North, along Woodlawn Boulevard and on east-each about 20 to 30 inches long."

In 1877, several one-foot-long alligators fell on J. L. Smith's farm in South Carolina. They landed, unharmed, and started crawling around, reported The New York Times.

Raining Cows

Perhaps the most bizarre report is one that, unfortunately, cannot be confirmed. It may be just the stuff of urban legend, but it's so weird and so amusing that it had to be included. You can decide whether or not it's true.

Sometime around 1990, a Japanese fishing boat was sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk off the eastern coast of Siberia by a falling cow.

When the crew members of the wrecked ship were fished from the water, they told authorities that they had seen several cows falling from the sky and that one of them crashed straight through the deck and hull.

At first, the story goes, the fishermen were arrested for trying to perpetrate an insurance fraud but were released when their story was verified. It seems that a Russian transport plane carrying stolen cattle was flying overhead. When the movement of the herd within the plane threw it off balance, the plane's crew, to avoid crashing, opened the loading bay at the tail of the aircraft and drove them out to fall into the water below. True story or hoax? One investigation traced the story back to a Russian television comedy series.

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You might say it's raining cats and dogs, but you don't mean it literally. But at times in many areas around the world that it has rained things stranger than felines and canines. Weird rain is a bizarre and still largely unexplained phenomenon periodically reported from all corners of the globe.

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In 2012, filmmaker Chris Tangey captured rare images of a firenado in the Australian Outback.

Credit: Chris Tangey via Youtube user stilltalkincrazy

As dozens of wildfires rage across the hills of San Diego County in Southern California, thousands of firefighters are battling conditions such as erratic winds, rough terrain and extreme heat.

More than 14,000 acres (57 square kilometers) have been burned - aided by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds - and the fires remain out of control in many areas. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, numerous homes and buildings have been destroyed, and at least one death has been blamed on the wildfires.

The infernos have even spawned dramatic fire whirls - also known as fire devils, fire tornadoes or firenadoes - as video footage sent in to local news stations shows. These immense spires of whirling flames resemble something from a medieval vision of hell. What is a fire tornado, and how dangerous are they? [ Skyscraper Storms: 7 Big City Tornadoes]

A fire tornado isn't really a tornado at all. A true tornado is formed when three key elements collide: warm, moist air close to the ground; atmospheric instability, a condition that promotes the vertical movement of air; and clashing air fronts that act to propel moist air upward.

Fire tornadoes, however, aren't formed by conditions high in the atmosphere; they're created by hot, dry air rising rapidly from the ground. In that sense, firenadoes have more in common with whirlwinds or "dust devils," which typically form on hot, sunny days when the ground heats up the air nearby.

The physics of a firenado

As hot air rises from the ground, it forms vertical columns, or "chimneys," until it becomes less dense, cools and then dissipates at higher altitudes. As more hot air is pulled into the rising column, it begins to swirl in a vortex, not unlike the vortex that's formed when water drains from a bathtub.

These vortices are created by the angular momentum of fluids (liquids, or gases such as air). Angular momentum dictates that as an object gets closer to the center of rotation, it speeds up. Spinning figure skaters demonstrate this when they pull their limbs in toward the center of their bodies, which makes them spin faster.

In a dust devil, the hot air spinning upward in a vortex picks up sand, dirt, leaves and whatever else is lying on the ground. A fire tornado, however, picks up burning embers, ash, flaming-hot gases and flammable debris, creating a terrifying tower of flame that can extend hundreds of feet into the air.

Is a firenado dangerous?

Most fire tornadoes last only a few minutes - one reason they've been captured on video so rarely. As the hot air rises and cools, its strength diminishes, and whatever fuel creates the firenado will eventually burn out.

Nonetheless, firenadoes can be extremely dangerous - temperatures can reach 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,093 degrees Celsius) in a fire tornado. Additionally, because they move quickly, they can cut a swath of destruction for a considerable distance in just seconds and spread fires across a wide area.

Even experts are sometimes surprised by the destructive force of a fire tornado: In 2000, a fire whirl under observation by a crew from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection jumped a firebreak, lifted an all-terrain vehicle off the ground and smashed it into an SUV, crushing part of the SUV and injuring a crew member.

In 1926, a series of fire tornadoes were spawned after lightning struck a Union Oil Co. tank farm near San Luis Obispo, California. The resulting fire burned for five days; one fire whirl traveled eastward and struck a home, lifting it into the air and carrying it across a field until it was dropped, destroying the house and killing two people inside it. [ Top 10 Deadliest Natural Disasters in History]

The firestorm of Peshtigo

Perhaps the worst series of firenadoes on record occurred during the wildfires that swept across Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and the surrounding area in 1871. Fed by hot, dry winds and probably ignited by slash-and-burn agricultural techniques, a wildfire moving as fast as 100 mph (161 km/h) swept into town and set one of the town's several lumberyards aflame.

The resulting firestorm caused mind-boggling damage: Railcars, houses and commercial buildings were thrown into the air, and an estimated 1.5 million acres (6,070 square km) were burned.

The fire was intense enough to leap across the waters of Green Bay and burn parts of the Door Peninsula. At least 1,500 people died - many were buried in a mass grave, since nobody was left alive to identify the bodies of the deceased.

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Whirling Flames: How Fire Tornadoes Work

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The mourning dove has a large range of nearly 11 million square kilometers (6.8 million square miles). It is found throughout the Greater Antilles, most of Mexico, the Continental United States, and southern Canada. In the summer, the birds are mostly seen in the Canadian prairies, and in southern Central America in the winter.

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Honeybees are clever little creatures. They can form abstract concepts, such as symmetry versus asymmetry, and they use symbolic language - the celebrated waggle dance - to direct their hivemates to flower patches. New reports suggest that they can also communicate across species, and can count - up to a point.

With colleagues, Songkun Su of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and Shaowu Zhang of the Australian National University in Canberra managed to overcome the apian impulse to kill intruders and cultivated the first mixed-species colonies, made up of European honeybees, Apis mellifera, and Asiatic honeybees, A. cerana. The researchers confirmed that the two species have their own dialects: foraging in identical environments, the bees signaled the distance to a food source with dances of different durations.

Remarkably, despite the communication barrier, A. cerana decoded A. mellifera's dance and found the food.

Also at the Australian National University, Marie Dacke and Mandyam V. Srinivasan trained European honeybees to pass a particular number of colored stripes in a tunnel to get a food reward, which was placed by a stripe. When they removed the food, the bees still returned to the same stripe.

Next, they mixed things up on the bees: they varied the spacing of the stripes, and even replaced stripes with unfamiliar markers. The insects consistently passed the same number of markers to approach the former reward site, demonstrating that they could count, up to four.

The studies burnish the impressive list of honeybees' known cognitive abilities, all achieved with a brain the size of a sand grain.

The studies were detailed in the journals PLoS One and Animal Cognition.

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Honeybees are clever little creatures. They can form abstract concepts, such as symmetry versus asymmetry, and they use symbolic language - the celebrated waggle dance - to direct their hivemates to flower patches. New reports suggest that they can also communicate across species, and can count - up to a point.

With colleagues, Songkun Su of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and Shaowu Zhang of the Australian National University in Canberra managed to overcome the apian impulse to kill intruders and cultivated the first mixed-species colonies, made up of European honeybees, Apis mellifera, and Asiatic honeybees, A. cerana. The researchers confirmed that the two species have their own dialects: foraging in identical environments, the bees signaled the distance to a food source with dances of different durations.

Remarkably, despite the communication barrier, A. cerana decoded A. mellifera's dance and found the food.

Also at the Australian National University, Marie Dacke and Mandyam V. Srinivasan trained European honeybees to pass a particular number of colored stripes in a tunnel to get a food reward, which was placed by a stripe. When they removed the food, the bees still returned to the same stripe.

Next, they mixed things up on the bees: they varied the spacing of the stripes, and even replaced stripes with unfamiliar markers. The insects consistently passed the same number of markers to approach the former reward site, demonstrating that they could count, up to four.

The studies burnish the impressive list of honeybees' known cognitive abilities, all achieved with a brain the size of a sand grain.

The studies were detailed in the journals PLoS One and Animal Cognition.

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Honeybees are clever little creatures. They can form abstract concepts, such as symmetry versus asymmetry, and they use symbolic language - the celebrated waggle dance - to direct their hivemates to flower patches. New reports suggest that they can also communicate across species, and can count - up to a point.

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There are more than 700 versions of the story "Cinderella"

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There are more than 700 versions of the story "Cinderella"

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From Eva
More than 1,500 versions of the basic story have been recorded around the world seeming to have made its way to Europe from Asia.
http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question81994.html

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There are 3 pounds of bacteria living in your  Stomach       ture By Phillip

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There are 3 pounds of bacteria living in your  Stomach       ture By Phillip

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an ostrich's eye is bigger then its brain

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an ostrich's eye is bigger then its brain

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it is TRUE! by Angely! (boss)

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True or False; A Ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain?

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An Ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.BY ADRIANO

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An Ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.BY ADRIANO

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An Ostrich's eye is slight=89rtd45 heavier than it's brain

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Why is an ostrich's eye bigger than it's brain? - Copper Zone

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Why is an ostrich's eye bigger than it's brain?

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The Average Hug                        By: Rishaabh Jaggi 

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The Average Hug                        By: Rishaabh Jaggi 

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The average hug lasts 3 seconds, but the scientists discovered something......

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A 14 pound pearl was found in a big clam.

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A 14 pound pearl was found in a big clam.

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yes the 14 pound pearl was found in a big clam
citation: wikipedia

by Anushka

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There are about three pounds of bacteria living in your stomach

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There are about three pounds of bacteria living in your stomach

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There are about 100 trillion bacteria in or around your body right now. A normal human has about 1.2kg of bacteria.

by jessica

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Crocodiles swallow rocks to help digest their food.

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Crocodiles swallow rocks to help digest their food.

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by Felicity
This statement is true because crocodiles don't swallow stones out of appreciation for the taste. They do it because the stones help with basic digestion, according to the Miami Science Museum. Rocks in a crocodile's stomach help crush and grate food. Rock swallowing is especially beneficial for crocodiles who eat whole prey, particularly animals with shells and tough bones.
Information found on: http://animals.mom.me/crocodiles-swallow-stones-2513.html

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I actually rained FROGS in 1873

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There are about 50 earthquakes every day on our planet     IS TURE

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There are about 50 earthquakes every day on our planet     IS TURE

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by Johnson

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Many earthquakes are undetected by the USGS; in fact, the organization estimates that around several million earthquakes occur around the globe annually. Annually, an average of one earthquake of a magnitude 8 or higher occurs, while around 15 earthquakes ranging from 7 to 7.9 occur. As many as 1.3 million earthquakes measuring 2 to 2.9 in intensity occur annually. This information is based on observations of data from the year 1900 and beyond.
Learn more about Earthquakes

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Many earthquakes are undetected by the USGS; in fact, the organization estimates that around several million earthquakes occur around the globe annually. Annually, an average of one earthquake of a magnitude 8 or higher occurs, while around 15 earthquakes ranging from 7 to 7.9 occur.

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Yes there is the tornado made of fire

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In 2012, filmmaker Chris Tangey captured rare images of a firenado in the Australian Outback.

Credit: Chris Tangey via Youtube user stilltalkincrazy

As dozens of wildfires rage across the hills of San Diego County in Southern California, thousands of firefighters are battling conditions such as erratic winds, rough terrain and extreme heat.

More than 14,000 acres (57 square kilometers) have been burned - aided by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds - and the fires remain out of control in many areas. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, numerous homes and buildings have been destroyed, and at least one death has been blamed on the wildfires.

The infernos have even spawned dramatic fire whirls - also known as fire devils, fire tornadoes or firenadoes - as video footage sent in to local news stations shows. These immense spires of whirling flames resemble something from a medieval vision of hell. What is a fire tornado, and how dangerous are they? [ Skyscraper Storms: 7 Big City Tornadoes]

A fire tornado isn't really a tornado at all. A true tornado is formed when three key elements collide: warm, moist air close to the ground; atmospheric instability, a condition that promotes the vertical movement of air; and clashing air fronts that act to propel moist air upward.

Fire tornadoes, however, aren't formed by conditions high in the atmosphere; they're created by hot, dry air rising rapidly from the ground. In that sense, firenadoes have more in common with whirlwinds or "dust devils," which typically form on hot, sunny days when the ground heats up the air nearby.

The physics of a firenado

As hot air rises from the ground, it forms vertical columns, or "chimneys," until it becomes less dense, cools and then dissipates at higher altitudes. As more hot air is pulled into the rising column, it begins to swirl in a vortex, not unlike the vortex that's formed when water drains from a bathtub.

These vortices are created by the angular momentum of fluids (liquids, or gases such as air). Angular momentum dictates that as an object gets closer to the center of rotation, it speeds up. Spinning figure skaters demonstrate this when they pull their limbs in toward the center of their bodies, which makes them spin faster.

In a dust devil, the hot air spinning upward in a vortex picks up sand, dirt, leaves and whatever else is lying on the ground. A fire tornado, however, picks up burning embers, ash, flaming-hot gases and flammable debris, creating a terrifying tower of flame that can extend hundreds of feet into the air.

Is a firenado dangerous?

Most fire tornadoes last only a few minutes - one reason they've been captured on video so rarely. As the hot air rises and cools, its strength diminishes, and whatever fuel creates the firenado will eventually burn out.

Nonetheless, firenadoes can be extremely dangerous - temperatures can reach 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,093 degrees Celsius) in a fire tornado. Additionally, because they move quickly, they can cut a swath of destruction for a considerable distance in just seconds and spread fires across a wide area.

Even experts are sometimes surprised by the destructive force of a fire tornado: In 2000, a fire whirl under observation by a crew from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection jumped a firebreak, lifted an all-terrain vehicle off the ground and smashed it into an SUV, crushing part of the SUV and injuring a crew member.

In 1926, a series of fire tornadoes were spawned after lightning struck a Union Oil Co. tank farm near San Luis Obispo, California. The resulting fire burned for five days; one fire whirl traveled eastward and struck a home, lifting it into the air and carrying it across a field until it was dropped, destroying the house and killing two people inside it. [ Top 10 Deadliest Natural Disasters in History]

The firestorm of Peshtigo

Perhaps the worst series of firenadoes on record occurred during the wildfires that swept across Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and the surrounding area in 1871. Fed by hot, dry winds and probably ignited by slash-and-burn agricultural techniques, a wildfire moving as fast as 100 mph (161 km/h) swept into town and set one of the town's several lumberyards aflame.

The resulting firestorm caused mind-boggling damage: Railcars, houses and commercial buildings were thrown into the air, and an estimated 1.5 million acres (6,070 square km) were burned.

The fire was intense enough to leap across the waters of Green Bay and burn parts of the Door Peninsula. At least 1,500 people died - many were buried in a mass grave, since nobody was left alive to identify the bodies of the deceased.

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Whirling Flames: How Fire Tornadoes Work

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As dozens of wildfires rage across the hills of San Diego County in Southern California, thousands of firefighters are battling conditions such as erratic winds, rough terrain and extreme heat. More than 14,000 acres (57 square kilometers) have been burned - aided by the hot, dry Santa Ana winds - and the fires remain out of control in many areas.

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A average hug lasts 3 seconds its true. Mateo

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Turtles live on Earth before dinosaurs did.

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Turtles live on Earth before dinosaurs did.

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Turtles were from prehistoric times. They survived the meteor shower because they were underwater.
The dinosaurs may once have ruled the earth with their huge claws and teeth, but while they were mostly wiped out by a meteorite strike 65 million years ago, the humble Boremys river turtle managed to survive it.

Their secret of survival, is from their aquatic homes. From: Eric :)

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Scientists believe that bees can count but only up to four
By: Hamza

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They are famed for being hard workers. But it seems honeybees could also be rather good at maths.

Scientists have discovered that the insects can discriminate between numbers at a glance.

In tests, the bees could naturally tell the difference between patterns containing two and three dots - and with a bit of schooling, how to distinguish between three and four. The scientists now plan to test whether bees can also perform basic arithmetic.

Dr Shaowu Zhang, of The Vision Centre and Australian National University, which conducted the study, said: 'There has been a lot of evidence that vertebrates, such as
pigeons, dolphins or monkeys, have some numerical competence but we never expected to find such abilities in insects.

'So far as these very basic skills go, there is probably no boundary between insects, animals and us.'

Bees' ability to discriminate between different numbers could help them to find good sources of pollen even when they are miles away from their hive, he added.

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Researchers discover bees can count... but only up to four

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They are famed for being hard workers. But it seems honeybees could also be rather good at maths. Scientists have discovered that the insects can discriminate between numbers at a glance. In tests, the bees could naturally tell the difference between patterns containing two and three dots - and with a bit of schooling, how to distinguish between three and four.

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Caterpillars have mouths, butterflies don't

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Caterpillars have mouths, butterflies don't

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Caterpillars do have mouht, butterflies have a proboscis