Saturday, March 9, 2024

STRANGE BUT TRUE

 Fascinating Facts:

1. Cucumbers are 96 per cent water, which can help toddlers stay hydrated. 🥒 

2. Bananas are slightly radioactive because the potassium in them releases radioactive electrons when the banana decays. However, you would need to eat almost 300 bananas every day for several years to be concerned about it being harmful. 🍌 

3. Birds need gravity to swallow food. When a bird eats, it lifts its head and uses its tongue to direct food towards its throat. The gravitational force of the earth then helps slide the food into a pouch called a crop. 🐦 

4. It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. 

5. Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 🎧 

6. In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more. 

7. Declared the “Banana Republic of Africa,” Uganda consumes more bananas per capita (600 pounds) per year than any other country.🍌 

8. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 🐊 

9. A shrimp’s heart is in its head. 🍤 

10. Some lipsticks contain fish scales. 🐟 

11. Cat urine glows under a black-light. 🐈 

12. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. 👅 

13. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. 🐈 

14. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. 

15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 

16. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. 🐙 

A CELEBRATION OF TOGETHERNESS

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