Plus, why Pearl Harbor wasn’t such a ‘sneak’ attack
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| | It is one of the most striking artifacts from the attack on Pearl Harbor—a sleek, black, 76-foot-long, 40-ton Japanese submarine captured in Hawaii during World War II.
Now America’s first WWII trophy (shown above after it beached in the Pacific) sits deep in the landlocked heart of Texas. Wait, what?
How did this massive relic end up in the Texan hill community of Fredericksburg?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY BILL BERRY, GETTY | | | Flower power: Sunflower pollen can vanquish parasites in bumblebees—but until recently, scientists didn’t know how. That was until PhD student Jonathan Giacomini took a close look at the poop from “medicated” bees. Under a black light, he says, “It was very dazzling—it almost looked like a galaxy.” And, there was a a lot of it, leading to his surprising find, Nat Geo reports. (A common eastern bumblebee gathers pollon on a sunflower, above.) | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY TONY HEALD, NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY | | HUNGRY, HUNGRY… Hippos may be herbivores—eating up to 110 pounds of grass each night—but they’re still one of the most dangerous animals in the world (above, a hippo in South Africa's Kruger National Park). A hippo bite is nearly three times stronger than a lion’s and can cut a person in half with one chomp. Humans survive hippo encounters only 13.3 percent of the time.
Related: Pablo Escobar's escaped hippos are thriving in Columbia—and possibly helping the environment.
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Today’s soundtrack: Hiphopapotomus vs. Rhymenoceros, by Flight of the Conchords
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