Fun Facts
Some interesting facts that I curate.
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Their two smaller hearts serve their gills, while the larger one pumps blood to the rest of their bodies, and all three are faintly greenish in colour. These hearts are also surrounded by their renal sacks, which is a fancy way of saying that their hearts are actually located inside their excretory organs. This layout ensures that their hearts receive extra protection.
Fact: That tiny pocket in jeans was designed to store pocket watches
The original jeans only had four pockets: that tiny one, plus two more on the front and just one in the back.
Fact: McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli
Unsurprisingly, the attempt to get kids to eat healthier didn’t go over well with the child testers, who were “confused by the taste.”
Fact: Some fungi create zombies, then control their minds
The tropical fungus Ophiocordyceps infects ants’ central nervous systems. By the time the fungi been in the insect bodies for nine days, they have complete control over the host’s movements. They force the ants to climb trees, then convulse and fall into the cool, moist soil below, where fungi thrive. Once there, the fungus waits until exactly solar noon to force the ant to bite a leaf and kill it.
Fact: The first oranges weren’t orange
The original oranges from Southeast Asia were a tangerine-pomelo hybrid, and they were actually green. In fact, oranges in warmer regions like Vietnam and Thailand still stay green through maturity.