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A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Venus rotates so slowly that it takes 243 Earth days ...
Source: NASA
Science
Bananas are botanically classified as berries, whereas strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries a...
Source: Live Science
Food
The first oranges weren't orange. They were green. The color was named after the fruit, not the othe...
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
Food
On Venus, a single day lasts about 243 Earth days – longer than a Venusian year, which is about 225 ...
Source: NASA
Science
Your brain uses 20% of the oxygen and calories your body consumes, despite being only 2% of your bod...
Source: Scientific American
Human Body
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over ...
Source: National Geographic
Food
Cows have best friends and get stressed when they are separated.
Source: University of Northampton
Animals
A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
Animals
Humans actually emit a faint glow of visible light; our bodies produce "ultraweak photon emissions" ...
Source: BBC Science Focus
Science
Saturn has an average density lower than water – the only planet that would float in a (hypothetical...
Source: NASA
Science
Mercury is the fastest planet in our solar system, speeding through space at about 47 km/s (107,000 ...
Source: NASA
Science
The James Webb Space Telescope is so sensitive to infrared that it could detect the heat of a bumble...
Source: CBS News
Science
Space has a distinct odor: astronauts report that after spacewalks their suits smell of seared steak...
Source: Space.com (via People)
Science
The human heart pumps so much blood over an average lifetime – about 215 million liters – that it co...
Source: Business Insider
Science
By the end of your life, you will have shed roughly 1,000 complete layers of skin – essentially repl...
Source: Business Insider
Science
Over an average 80-year lifespan, a person produces about 20,000 to 30,000 liters of saliva – enough...
Source: IFLScience / Business Insider
Science
Honey never spoils – archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs, thousands of...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Food
In the 1830s, ketchup was sold as a medicine. An Ohio physician named John Cook marketed tomato ketc...
Source: Best Food Facts
Food
Lobster was once considered a low-class food in colonial America. It was so abundant and cheap that ...
Source: History.com
Food
Sea otters often sleep in groups (called 'rafts') and have been known to hold each other's paws whil...
Source: Discover Magazine
Animals
Male ring-tailed lemurs settle territorial disputes with “stink fights” – they rub their tails on sc...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
Wombats are unique for producing cube-shaped poop. Scientists believe they evolved to drop cubic fec...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
A species of ant (Formica archboldi) in Florida decorates its nest with the decapitated heads and li...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
The small-banded kukri snake has a gruesome feeding habit: it slices open the belly of a live toad w...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
After giving birth, mother Stegodyphus spiders literally sacrifice themselves: over two weeks the mo...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
When threatened, sea cucumbers will literally expel their internal organs – essentially puking their...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
A blind cave crustacean called Xibalbanus tulumensis is the only known venomous crustacean. It injec...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
A decapitated rattlesnake head can still reflexively bite and inject venom even an hour after being ...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
Vampire bats can drink blood from a wound for up to 30 minutes without waking the victim. Their sali...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
Oxpecker birds not only eat ticks off large mammals – they also sip blood from the open wounds of th...
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
Animals
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