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Where in the sky is the Funny Star located?

Earlier in Russia, an alternative name for the constellation Ursa Major was common along with the North Star - Horse on a joke (meaning a grazing horse tied with a rope to a peg). And the North Star, respectively, was called the Fun Star.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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The red phaeton is a species of ants living in the Sahara, feeding on other insects that have died from the heat. In search of prey, they run far from their holes and periodically measure the angle of direction to the Sun in order to return back by the shortest route. Also, these ants somehow know how to count their steps, which is important in the desert, where smells quickly disappear. Scientists have confirmed this in an experiment: some kind of stilts were attached to the paws of some chaises, because of which, on the way back to the hole, they ran too far, measuring a given number of steps. For others, the legs were shortened, and they did not reach their shelter.

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