- Dulse is a nutrient dense seaweed that tastes like bacon.
- There is only one stop sign in the entire city of Paris.
- Koala fingerprints are almost identical to human. Even experts with a microscope have difficulty telling them apart.
- There are 3,000 oil derricks located throughout Los Angeles.
- Paper Mario (2004) featured a transgender character whose entire story was censored in America.
- Odori-don is a sushi dish with a dead octopus that dances when soy sauce is poured on it. The recently dead octopuses tissues are still alive and react to the high sodium content of the sauce.
--- Fire ants create living life rafts to survive South Carolina flooding
Fire ants can put together a raft in about 100 seconds, using claws, jaws and adhesive pads on their legs to stick together, and releasing an oily fluid that allows them to stick to a smooth surface. The ant’s hard covering is water repelling, the station added.
They put their queen on top of what is basically a floating raft of ants with all the young and the larvae and everything else. Then they basically raft down stream and when they hit dry land they form a new mound.
When mating with a female, the male angler fish latches onto the side of his partner with his teeth and releases an enzyme which causes his body to fuse with hers. Her body ends up completely absorbing his until nothing but the gonads remain dangling on her side.
Scientists believe schizophrenics suffer from irregular REM sleep, and that the hallucinations and delusions they experience may actually be “waking dreams.”
who experience nightmares during pregnancy have easier births than women who don’t.
The Raramuri people of northern Mexico believe that dreams are the result of one’s soul “waking” or “sobering,” and seeing the world more clearly than usual. (Raramuri families often wake up and discuss their dreams during the night
Reptiles also experience brain activity during sleep that suggests they too may dream
Cleopatra lived closer to the time of pizza hut than the time of pyramids: The restaurant chain is about 500 years closer to cleopatra’s lifetime than the construction of the giza pyramids
a park in austria is submerged in water every year: Each spring, green lake park in styria is submerged under 30 feet of water. The water is a result from melting snow and ice in nearby mountains
there’s a lost nuclear bomb off the coast of georgia: In 1958, an air force jet crashed into a b-47 bomber carrying a 7,000lb bomb. It was dropped into the water… and never recovered.
Alaska is the most eastern, western, and northern state in the united states thanks to the aleutian islands
the entire city of chicago was raised by over a foot: In the 1850-60s, to fix a flooding problem, the entire city was raised a foot to allow drainage sewers to be built.
A soldier received awards from the axis and allies in wwii: Joan pujol garcia, a spy and double agent, managed to earn both the iron cross from the germans and the most excellent order by the british empire
two people died because of 1.5 million balloons: In cleveland, ohio, the united way launched 1.5 million balloons into the air. It caused such a disturbance, two people drowned because the coast guard couldn’t find them among all of the fallen balloons
heroin was used to treat coughs: Bayer used to produce commercialized heroin in the 1890s as a cough, cold and pain remedy. It was marketed towards kids until 1912
a con man sold the eiffel tower: “count” victor lustig, a famous con man, convinced six scrap metal dealers to bid on the eiffel tower. The winning dealer paid $70,000 for the monument and gave it to lustig
mammoths were alive when the giza pyramids were being built: The great pyramid of giza had existed for about 1,000 years when the last wooly mammoth died in approximately 1650 b.c.
Bangladesh has more people than russia: Although russia is a giant country and spans 9 time zones
Hybristophilia refers to a disorder where one is sexually aroused by those who have committed violent crimes. Prisoners receive thousands of love letters and photographs from hybristophiliacs every year.
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