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Shane Carley
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August 31 - August 31, 2020
PUFFINS SET ASIDE AN AREA IN THEIR HOMES AS A “BATHROOM.”
BABY SEA TURTLES CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER BEFORE THEY HATCH.
THE AVERAGE 200-POUND HUMAN CARRIES BETWEEN TWO AND SIX POUNDS OF BACTERIA.
CHANCES ARE, THERE ARE MORE BACTERIA CELLS IN YOUR BODY THAN HUMAN CELLS—SOME SCIENTISTS BELIEVE AS MANY AS TEN TIMES MORE.
A GROUP OF RHINOCEROSES IS CALLED A “CRASH.”
The “horror frog” is so named because it intentionally breaks the bones in its leg to create weaponized spurs.
IT TAKES 200 MILLION YEARS FOR THE SUN TO MAKE ONE ORBIT AROUND THE GALACTIC CENTER.
AS MANY AS 750,000 AMERICANS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR—ALMOST 2.5% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME.
THE UNITED STATES HAS COME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO ACCIDENTALLY NUKING ITSELF.
AUTO MANUFACTURER HENRY FORD WAS GIVEN THE HIGHEST HONOR THAT NAZI GERMANY COULD BESTOW UPON A FOREIGNER.
INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE WAS NOT LEGALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES UNTIL 1967.
AT ITS PEAK, THE MONGOL EMPIRE ENCOMPASSED OVER ¼ OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION.
The Black Death killed a THIRD of Europe’s population…and it did it in just five years.
WHEN YOU PERFORM AN ACTION, NEURONS FIRE IN YOUR BRAIN. THOSE SAME NEURONS FIRE WHEN WATCHING SOMEONE PERFORM THE SAME ACTION.
STUDIES SUGGEST THAT PLACEBOS WORK EVEN WHEN THE SUBJECT KNOWS THEY ARE TAKING A PLACEBO.
NUCLEAR FALLOUT USED TO BE MEASURED IN “SUNSHINE UNITS.”
