[Curiosities] 21 curiosities about the world that you probably didn't know

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Sometimes we get the impression that we have seen so many things in life that nothing can surprise us. By chance we discover certain secrets that make us remember that the world around us is truly extraordinary. Brightside.me offers a list of 21 incredible things that not many people know.
Did you know that hippopotamus milk is pink, right at the strawberry milkshake? Below you will find 21 other incredible curiosities about the world we live in.

1. Honey never expires.

2. The Jellyfish Turritopsis Nutricula is the only immortal organism on Earth.

3. The heart of the blue whale is so big that people can swim through its arteries…

4.… And yet, the whale's neck is no bigger than a sausage.

5. 1.6 million ants are distributed to every person in the world, and the total weight of all the ants in the world is equal to the weight of all the people on the planet.

6. Octopuses have three hearts each.

7. Originally, Feng Shui was the art of choosing a suitable place for burial.

8. Saturn and Jupiter rain with diamonds.

9. This is what the sky seen from our planet would look like if Saturn were at the same distance from the Earth as the Moon:

10. There are 10 times more bacteria in the human body than there are cells.

11. The probability that there is another molecule of water in the water we drink that was once drunk by a dinosaur is almost 100%.

12. Frankenstein was the name of the creator, not of creation.

13. Sea cats have 27,000 taste buds, four times more than humans.

14. This is what the sand seen under a microscope looks like:

15. The bowls in which the goldfish are kept are, in fact, the most harmful places for them.

16. Reading in low light or computer light does not, in fact, have a negative effect on vision.

17. The University of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire.

18. In Cyprus, Santa Claus is called Basil.

19. No one has ever managed to tame an African elephant.

20. In the image on the left there is a candle that burns on Earth, and in the one on the right there is a candle that burns in the absence of gravity, seen at the Mir space station:

21. Lack of sleep makes us see enemies all around us.

 

I've edited my thread @robila. Sorry.

 

 

Edited June 6, 2020 by Alex009
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