Giraffes, though, may be the strangest sleepers. As babies, they lay down with their legs tucked beneath their bodies (lowering themselves to the ground is a serious process) and rest their heads…on their rumps. Apparently, they’re their own best pillows!
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Coconut water can be used (in emergencies) as a substitute for blood plasma.The reason for this is that coconut water (the water found in coconuts – not to be confused with coconut milk, which comes from the flesh of the coconut) is sterile and has an ideal pH level. Coconut water is liquid endosperm – it surrounds the embryo and provides nutrition.
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More than half of your body is not human, say scientists. Human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count. The rest are microscopic colonists.
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Cats are feel the need to hunt even if they are not hungry and the whole process gives them an endorphin (happy hormone) rush.
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Why does food taste different on planes? The combination of dryness and low pressure reduces the sensitivity of your taste buds to sweet and salty foods by around 30%.
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Canaries have a positive effect on the human psyche and can improve relationships between members of the family in which they live.
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Their scientific name of Wolverines is Gulo gulo, which is Latin for “gluttonous glutton” – they'll eat anything!
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In Scotland, homeowners would paint their front door red to signify that they had paid off their mortgage.
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The throwaway masks sent 5500 metric tonnes of plastic into the oceans, which will take up to 450 years to biodegrade.
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85% of Valentine's cards are bought by women, but men's Valentine's Day spend is almost twice as much as women's.
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Most lipstick contains the byproduct of fish scales, called pearl essence or pearlescence — as it turns out, the stuff that makes fish scales flash also makes one's lips shiny. Most pearl essence comes from commercially fished herring. Synthetic versions are available, but they are not widely used.
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🧠 The human brain generates more electrical impulses per day than all the phones in the world
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𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻❓
✅ Watering a bricks removes any dirt,sand and dust from them. As clay bricks inherently have high water absorption soaked bricks prevent suction of water from the wet mortar.
📌If dry bricks are used, then it will absorb water from mortar and mortar will become dry and cannot attain any strength. bricks should be soaked in water for such a time period so that water penetrates the whole depth of the brick .
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✅ Watering a bricks removes any dirt,sand and dust from them. As clay bricks inherently have high water absorption soaked bricks prevent suction of water from the wet mortar.
📌If dry bricks are used, then it will absorb water from mortar and mortar will become dry and cannot attain any strength. bricks should be soaked in water for such a time period so that water penetrates the whole depth of the brick .
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Coffee was discovered accidentally when a goat named Kaldi tried berries from a coffee plant in Ethiopia, and its owner noticed that afterwards, the goat became more lively and energetic.
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