If you know these shark fun facts, share something new with us! Hammerhead sharks have a blind spot directly above and below their heads. A shark’s teeth are as sharp as razor blades and can basically cuts through anything. The biggest shark in the ocean is the whale shark. Basking sharks are the world’s second …
When a domestic pig gets on the loose and does the hanky-panky with a wild boar, you end up with a wild pig. Also called feral pigs, they live like wild animals, looking much like domestic pigs except with the coarse hair of a boar. And they have blue flesh. At least if you’re in …
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Good assistants are hard to find. That’s especially true if you’re a scientist working in an advanced field, like virology. In this sense, John Lednicky, Ph.D., is very lucky. His assistant has helped him discover two viruses previously unknown to science. This is particularly impressive considering that his helper hasn’t even graduated from high school. …
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Have you seen the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? If you haven’t, you should. It’s a great story of a man who is born old and ages backwards. Recently, a newborn baby pulled off the “being born old” part in reality. Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was born on July 26. At the moment of …
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Everybody farts. Or so you’d think, but some animals actually do not. For the longest time, sloths were believed to be among the animals that do not toot. Everybody (or at least people who think about sloth farts) believed the sluggish tree dwellers’ incredibly slow metabolism simply didn’t produce enough gas. Now, that all has …
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Do you know these profound pig facts? Like piglets are born to walk and run? On average, a sow will give birth about twice a year. Pigs spend a third of the day sleeping. Pigs are the only animals in medical history to have successfully donated whole organs to human beings. (A pig’s heart is …
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The human brain is a miracle. It has created wonderful works of art, picked apart the mysteries of the universe, and put a human being on the moon. That’s even more impressive when you consider that our brains are incredibly stupid. We’ve told you before that your brain is a lazy liar. However, it does …
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Do you think you know all these playful pig fun facts? Did you know that most pigs are brown or black and not pink? Pigs like to sleep nose to nose. Piglets love to snuggle to stay warm or burrow down into hay to keep warm. Pigs have sharp tusks that help them dig and …
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Colors don’t appear out of nowhere. Throughout history (and to this day), artists and chemists have been creating outlandish concoctions from bizarre ingredients to get just the right color. Some of those ingredients have been lethal. Many once-popular colors have killed not only their manufacturers, but also the artists who used them and the patrons …
Did you read Snow Fun Facts For Christmas in July Vibes: Part One? Because this is part two. Snow can appear in a wide variety of colors because of dust, pollution and fresh-water algae turning snow black, orange or even blue. The Inuit people have 50 words for snow. Did you know this snow fun …
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