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Wind turbines kill up to 100,000 birds each year in the UK; a study found that painting one of the blades black cut this death toll by 70%.

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In Sweden, it’s illegal to leave a dog alone for more than six hours at a time under animal welfare rules.

According to a study, left-side sleepers reported nightmares more often, while right-side sleepers reported calmer dreams.

Across a full human pregnancy, the extra energy cost to create a baby is estimated at around 50,000 calories - roughly 300 extra calories a day.

Studies have shown that people living within a mile of a golf course are twice as likely to develop Parkinson’s, likely due to pesticide use.

The name corgi is thought to come from the Welsh language for 'dwarf dog' - cor (dwarf) and ci (dog).

Inspired by the choreography of Formula One pit stops, ssome emergency teams assigned fixed roles so resuscitation tasks ran in parallel. In one study, neurologically intact survival increased from 8% to 16% after the change.

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