Elephants have prehensile penises that they can use to swat flies or scratch their stomachs.
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A "buttload" was a real unit of measurement. It was equivalent to 384 gallons.
The staff of the 9/11 Memorial place white roses on the names of any victims who would be celebrating a birthday each day.
For nearly 300 years, becoming the Pope was an almost certain death sentence. 28 of the first 31 consecutive popes were brutally murdered.
Shakira was rejected for her school choir in the second grade because her music teacher thought she sounded "like a goat."
Same-sex pairing is common throughout the animal kingdom and has been witnessed in about 1,500 animal species. From insects to fish, birds, and mammals.
Whales and dolphins live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, communicate with each other and even have regional dialects.
Altruism really can make you feel better: people report experiencing less pain if they are donating blood to earthquake victims than if they are giving blood for a standard lab test.
Consuming alcohol almost doubles the amount of THC your blood absorbs after smoking marijuana.
Butterflies will feast on your blood and tears if given the chance.
Globally, roughly one in every 12 airline passengers is British.
FLIBBERTIGIBBET — a silly person who talks too much.
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If the second hand of a clock moves while our eyes are moving to look at it, we perceive the next second as being longer than average. This is known as saccadic chronostasis.
People who play games -- such as cards and board games -- are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life, a study suggests. Those who regularly played non-digital games scored better on memory and thinking tests in their 70s, the research found.
Audi uses more durable horns for its cars in India. In India, honking is not a sign of aggression; it's just a way to get through the country's traffic. So, the horns in Indian Audis come from different suppliers and are tested with "two continuous weeks only of honking."
To attract females, the world's loudest male bird, the bellbird, bellows at potential mates even when they are right next to them.
According to experts, materialistic people are often narcissistic and have low self-esteem and relationship skills.
With 155 million units sold, the PlayStation 2 is the best-selling video game console of all time. In 2019, the PlayStation 4 became the second-best-selling console with 102.8 million units sold.
Marijuana can boost perceptual reasoning in teenagers, according to researchers -- However, it also increases anxiety.
Letting go is better for your overall mental health than staying in an "on-again, off-again" relationship, according to researchers at the University of Missouri.
Rolling a pair of dice is as predictive of your future income as your college GPA is.
Stories of dolphins helping humans in trouble go back centuries. Some scientists believe that dolphins instinctively come to the assistance of other injured dolphins and that it's a small step for them to help humans too. However dolphins obviously realise that humans aren't dolphins.
Without the moon, a day on earth would only last six to twelve hours. There could be more than a thousand days in one year!
A study completed by Michigan State University this year showed that students with gym memberships tended to have cumulative GPAs that were 0.13 points higher than students without memberships.
Animal life is thriving in Chernobyl and Fukushima, not because the radiation is gone, but because there are barely any humans in the area.
it should be an anomaly in your case.
Finland is the only European Union country where homelessness is currently falling. The country has adopted a Housing First policy, whereby social services assign homeless individuals rental homes first, and issues like mental health and substance abuse are treated second.
Using your non-dominant hand for mundane tasks (ex: eating cereal, opening doors, etc.) for two weeks can improve your self-control. Learning to regulate impulsive responses is no different than learning a new skill, and small exercises can help tame levels of aggression.
Beds at the 2020 Olympic Village was made out of cardboard.
Astronauts on the Apollo missions would have to defecate in plastic bags taped to their butts. Because the task was gross, they relied on low residue foods and laxatives before launching to lessen their chances of having to go while in flight.