You’d better keep your hands off your junk or you’ll end up with hairy palms. But what if we ended up with our hairless palms because we didn’t? Although it has long been shunned as shameful and even pathetic in human society, masturbation is pretty common among animals. It’s particularly popular with our relative primates …
The ocean is a weird, scary place. Filled with bizarre, alien-like creatures, it’s no wonder strange things happen down there. Although scientists love spoiling a good mystery, the oceans are giving them a challenge. They’re right there, yet we know so little about them — despite how vitally important they are for all our survival. …
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Animal behavior can be varied and strange, but some things are given. Birds go tweet, grasshoppers jump, and sharks can smell blood from a mile away. But is all of that really true? Take that shark fact, for instance. Sharks have an amazing sense of smell — but you’d still have to be bleeding fairly …
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The Great Barrier Reef is located on the East Coast of Australia. It’s covered by the surf that rises out over the ocean. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest reef in the world. It’s called the most magical marine environment on earth, and is over 2,000 kilometers up the Australian coast. The Great Barrier …
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Dang kids and their fads, am I right? It seems every week there’s another stupid and possibly life-threatening stunt they just have to try out. This seems like uniquely human behavior, but it may not actually be so. According to scientists, young orcas seem to have started a fad of their own. Namely, they’re sinking …
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These are all the fun facts about space including shooting stars and comets. Do you think you know all the facts on this list? A shooting star is a streak of light we see move quickly across the night sky. A shooting star can also be called a meteor. Maybe this is one of fun …
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If you liked dinosaurs as a kid, or hell, if you still do, then these are all the fossil fun facts for you. Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of ancient life forms. All sorts of living things, from land to animals can form fossils. It’s the job of paleontologists to study fossils so …
Random fun facts are the best and these are really fun. What’s your favorite random fun fact? It’s not possible for most people to lick their own elbow. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. This is one of the best random fun facts. Some lipsticks contain …
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You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover — or an animal by what it looks like today. There are many creatures out there in the wild that are small and, honestly, kind of pathetic. But they weren’t necessarily always that way. Many creatures living on the planet now had ancient versions of them that …
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When you’re feeling troubled and alone, what do you do? Most people tend to grab the phone and call someone. As it turns out, so will parrots. At least, if somebody teaches them how to use a phone. A team of scientists from the Northeastern University, MIT, and the University of Glasgow recently published the …