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Some of nature’s most mesmerizing works of art might just be hanging in your backyard. The artist is an orb weaver spider.

The claim sounds precise enough to pass as true. Eight spiders a year, eaten while asleep. It’s the kind of fact people insist they picked up in school or heard repeated often enough to trust. The ...

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Honey badgers have developed a pretty fearsome reputation as one of the toughest animals and it’s largely deserved. Also ...