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The Diana monkey takes its name from a Roman goddess.
The stripe on its head closely resembles the bow that the Roman goddess held. Diana was also called Artemis. She was known as the goddess of hunting.
A woman once found her lost wedding ring growing on a carrot in her garden.
In 1995, a Swedish woman lost her wedding ring while preparing a Christmas eve dinner. 12 years later, the ring re-emergers in her garden wrapped around a carrot.
You can gain calories by licking stamps.
Licking 1 stamp makes you consume 1/10 of a calorie. If you were to lick 3000 stamps a day that would equate to about 16 chicken nuggets from McDonald’s.
Dogs can learn commands better with hand signals.
This is also another way you can build communication and further develop trust with your pets. Professional trainers say that when a dog understands its tasks, they feel safer because they know what to do.
Only 3 mammals experience menopause.
This includes elephants, humpback whales, and also human females. However, unlike animals, human females can live much longer after experiencing menopause.
A mouse trap built 155 years ago caught a mouse in 2016.
One of the earliest concepts for mousetraps managed to capture a wild rodent in 2016. Its inventor, Colin Pullinger claimed that his device would last a lifetime.
The human bone is stronger than steel.
If you were to have a bone and a piece of steel of the same length and thickness, a bone would be five times stronger than the steel bar. However, bones are brittle and can also fracture on impact.
The oldest chocolates in the world are around 106 years old.
These chocolates date back to the coronation of King Edward VII. This is dated back to the year 1902.
The human tongue has a unique print.
Much like fingerprints, the human tongue also holds its unique pattern that can be identified differently from everyone else’s. The tongue is a unique organ that is well protected and difficult to replicate.
A tarantula can survive two years without food.
Tarantulas can go much longer without food compared to water. So long as there is water available, a tarantula will not suffer any bad side effects from starvation.
You can swim through the veins of a blue whale.
The blue whale is the largest living creature on the planet. It is so big that its veins are big enough for an adult human to swim freely around it.
The most common cause of death among babies is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Each year, over 7000 babies are lost to this phenomenon in the U.S. These equivalents to almost 1 baby dying each hour.
Bats have very thin leg bones.
Their legs are not very good for use in other tasks apart from hanging upside down. The bones in their legs are also quite fragile which means they are unable to walk. Apart from their weak legs, their knees also face backward.
Swishing wine inside your mouth allows all your taste buds to detect its flavor.
Sweetness is detected at the tip of the tongue and bitterness at the back. Sour tastes are detected on the sides of your tongue.
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Your eyelids have the thinnest amount of skin on your body.
The levator palpebrae superioris muscles retract the eyelid which exposes the cornea and gives you vision. The eyelids can be moved both involuntarily and voluntarily. On the other hand, the feet have the thickest amount of skin on the body.
There are 1 million ants for every person on the planet.
It is believed that the total number of ants in the world is equal to the weight of all the people on the planet. A BBC documentary commented that there are an estimated 100 trillion ants on Earth.
We can detect taste faster than we can blink.
It takes exactly .0015 seconds to detect taste. This is quicker than a tenth of a second a blink takes to complete.
You can feel happier by crying.
Research has indicated that crying triggers the production of endorphins which acts as a natural pain killer. It also releases feel-good hormones such as oxytocin.
Kangaroos can't hop without their tails.
If you were to lift a kangaroo’s tail, it would not be able to jump. This is mainly because they use their tails for balance while jumping.
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Egg yolks naturally contain Vitamin D.
Most of the fats and vitamins are also found in the yolks. Moreover, the whites contain most of the egg’s proteins.
Keeping a goldfish in a dark room will cause it to go pale.
If you were to keep a goldfish in the dark permanently, it would not be healthy for the fish. This is why most fish tanks include a light that is left on throughout the entire night and day.
A newborn Chinese water deer fits in the palm of the average human hand.
Also known as the hydropotes inermis, this species of deer are found worldwide. They are better known for their teddy bear-like appearance.
Knowing how to speak Russian is a requirement to become an International astronaut.
The ISS has operations in Russian and will not provide a translator during the job. Most new astronauts claim that learning a new language is the most difficult part of the job.
French fries did not come from France.
Originally they come from the country of Belgium. However, they are most popular in the United States.
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