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In 2009, the fast-food chain MacDonald's closed all its restaurants in Iceland. Before that happened, Hjortur Smarason Bought a hamburger and French fries from one of the restaurants. However, Smarason kept the fast-food set instead of eating it. He wanted to preserve the global franchise's last meal in Iceland. "Also, I had heard that McDonald's foods never decompose," he said in an interview. ..

In the wild, you can hear the cries of many different birds. However, there is one bird whose song is much louder than any other. Some U.S. biologists recently recorded the cries of the male white bell-bird, which is found in the Amazon rain-forest. Later, they measured the volume of the birdsong. The scientists found that the bird-songs of male white bell-birds averaged 125 decibels. That is as..

Recently, scientists in the United States taught rats to drive tiny cars. The cute experiment shed light on the animals' ability to learn and handle complex tasks. The project was organized by researchers at the University of Richmond. First, they built a small car out of a clear plastic container and wheels. Inside the vehicle, they put in an aluminum floor and three copper bars that functioned..

Diwali, also known as the "festival of lights," is one of the biggest religious events in India. The festival symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness and good over evil. For five days, the followers of the Hindu religion celebrate Diwali by lighting candles and lamps. Homes and entire cities sparkle with thousands of lights at night. This year's festival was especially meaningful..

In late October, the government announced some plans for innovation. Among them, it proposed interesting changes to identification cards. In short, the government is considering mobile ID cards for citizens. People can download their ID cards on their smartphones and use them just like their physical cards. The government said mobile ID cards would be convenient and safe. People would not have t..

A web portal owned by Korean's biggest messaging app is fighting cyber violence against celebrities. On October 31, Daum began blocking all online comments made about entertainers. Daum, which is owned by the internet company kakao, is the second biggest portal site in Korea after Naver. In late October, Daum announced that it was temporarily closing down the comment function for its entertainme..

Last summer, some lawmakers in the Philippines proposed an unusual law. They wanted elementary schools in the country to stop assigning homework to their students on weekends. Interestingly, the proposed law even drew the support of the country's Department of Education. "We support the no-homework policy proposed by the legislation," an official at the Department of Education said. The governme..

A new report by Seoul Metro looked at the air pollution level inside subway stations in the capital. According to the report, these stations are not safe from fine dust. The main cause of the fine dust is the subway trains themselves. The trains use their brakes as they arrive at a station. Every time they do this, their wheels grind on the tracks, and the friction produces large amounts of iron..