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The atlas moth's wings mimic the profile of a cobra's head to ward off potential predators. https://m.stacker.news/22380

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nice one πŸ‘

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Thanks they got this one from time for learning online learning platform I believe but we also have an interesting fact book.

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My jaw literally dropped when I read this. More than happy to give up my title!

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Nature is incredible.

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Yes, this is not only a fun fact but it is rare as well. It's really difficult get these rare fun facts. Aren't they?

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Predators must have bad experiences with cobras then :)

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🐍 with no tounge πŸ˜‚

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Ants Used to Stitch WoundsAnts Used to Stitch Wounds

In some cultures, ants were used to stitch wounds. Army or leaf-cutter ants would hold the skin together, putting their mouth to the wound and wait for them to bite down. The body would be removed, the head left

https://m.stacker.news/22377

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I also heard that people used to use ants oil to reduce hair growth. πŸ‘€

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I'm not sure who to believe, but I found this.

Hitler was not a vegetarian

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I'm gonna call that a slightly biased source...

It's got pages titled "Why be a vegetarian"

The Wikipedia articles sources are pretty good if you look at them.

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Ok ! Wikipedia usually has the references. To be honest, I didn't check.

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Hitler is like the ultimate negative brand-endorsement.

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Oct 14 2017 | Julian Assange did thank the banking blockade for forcing WikiLeaks to hold Bitcoin. He said that it was β€œone of the best things that ever happened to us with >50000% return. https://m.stacker.news/22392

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Bruce Willis attempted to convince Quentin Tarantino to cast him as Vincent or Jules in Pulp Fiction before ultimately taking the role of Butch.Bruce Willis attempted to convince Quentin Tarantino to cast him as Vincent or Jules in Pulp Fiction before ultimately taking the role of Butch.


https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Bruce-Willis-as-Butch-in-Pulp-Fiction.jpg

Tarantino originally wrote the role of Butch for Matt Dillon. Instead of Butch, Dillon wanted to play Vincent. This posed a challenge for Tarantino, as Pulp Fiction’s green light hinged on the casting of one of Miramax’s approved actors that would draw audiences to the film. Dillon ultimately declined the role, and Tarantino was without a Butch. After a surprise meeting with Willis at actor Harvey Keitel's home, Willis was eventually cast in the role. Check out the whole saga as told by Tarantino himself:

πŸ”— screenrant.com

Not sure if separate posts qualify for FFF, but I just wrote about some facts here that I believe are fun.

It essentially explains the concepts behind sending an encrypted message to a friend without needing to use a shared, secret key, as well as other cooler things you can do with public key encryption.

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Elvis Presley was a huge fan of the comic book hero Captain Marvel Jr., and this influenced his personality, hairstyle, and outfits over the years.

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From now on let’s use frogs as an accounting Bitcoin unit like: a good practice is to stack 1 frog of sats in a LN wallet, then send the frog of sats to a cold storage.

The numbers 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 and 100,000 had their own hieroglyphs. Number 10 is a hobble for cattle, number 100 is represented by a coiled rope, the number 1000 is represented by a lotus flower, the number 10,000 is represented by a finger, the number 100,000 is represented by a frog, and a million was represented by a god with his hands raised in adoration.

https://m.stacker.news/22375

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There are even some people who don't have a chin.😜 https://m.stacker.news/22412

https://m.stacker.news/22413

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Obviously it's something to grab onto when you're thinking.

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nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company, coca cola was founded in 1892, and the book dracula was published in 1897.

so technically you could have a dracula adaptation where dracula drinks coke and plays nintendo, and it would be historically accurate.

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The words moron, imbecile, and idiot are not interchangable. The one with the highest level of intelligence is a moron, followed, by an imbecile, and then idiot. https://m.stacker.news/22393

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Wow, I can't believe an imbecile is more intelligent than an idiot

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Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote in one opinion: 3 generations of imbecility are enough

https://education.blogs.archives.gov/2017/05/02/buck-v-bell/

I support eugenics. We should pay low IQ people to sterilize so they cannot reproduce idiots or imbeciles.

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If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have$1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without beingable tomake change for a dollar. https://m.stacker.news/22390

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Sherman Skolnick holds the U.S. record for accusing, by proper legal protocol, the most sitting judges (including the Illinois Supreme Court) and the highest level sitting judge (U.S. Federal Court of Appeals), judges who have then resigned or gone to prison. https://m.stacker.news/22376

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Pandas poop most of what they eatPandas poop most of what they eat

Pandas basically only eat bamboo, which also happens to be incredibly hard to digest. That means that these adorable animals must eat about 30 pounds of the stuff each day to get enough nutrientsβ€”defecating about four-fifths of what they eat.

Not only that, but what they do digest is not especially easy on their gastrointestinal system. These guys should really consider a change in diet.

Combined with the fact they seem completely unbothered about mating 🀯 do these guys even deserve saving? πŸ€”πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

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We should not save pandas 🐼 but we will because they are cute and the unofficial mascot for China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³

Regarding their fertility rate, its lower than South Korea πŸ‡°πŸ‡·

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I agree, they are super cute and the babies are even more cute! Perhaps us humans will require such high maintenance fertility help in the future, but at least we eat a more varied diet and enjoy mating 🀣🀣🀣

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It made me cry 😭😭😭

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In Hong Kong, delivery times are primarily influenced by traffic conditions on elevators. It often takes drivers longer to travel vertically than horizontally, as access to elevators is so congested during 'high peak' hours. This is due to the volume of people residing in high rises.

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Humans cant walk in a straight line without looking at something. Process that and give it a try.

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I will add another fun fact because it has just made my day: Chat-GPT doing science https://m.stacker.news/22457 This is real: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468023024002402

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Sloths may be the only mammals that don’t fart. https://m.stacker.news/22409

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The Bible is partially or completely available in 3,384 languages, as of 2019.

https://m.stacker.news/22407

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Australia is already known for its vast landscapes and unique wildlife, but can you believe that Australia is wider than the moon?!

This remarkable country is wider than the celestial body that lights up our night sky.

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Eating eight strawberries will provide you with more Vitamin C than an orange.

https://m.stacker.news/22394

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Although white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes, red wine can only be created from red grapes. https://m.stacker.news/22388https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_wine

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There are many strange laws regarding kissing that are still on the books. In Indiana, it is illegal for a man with a moustache to 'habitually kiss human beings'. And in Hartford, CT, it is illegal for a man to kiss his wife on a Sunday.

https://m.stacker.news/22382

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Armadillos are often used in the study of leprosy, since they, along with mangabey monkeys, rabbits and mice (on their footpads), are among the few known species that can contract the disease systemically. They are particularly susceptible due to their unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium.

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The word 'diamond' comes from the Greek word 'adamas,' which means 'unconquerable.'

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Montreal, Quebec, Underground City, or la ville souterraine in French, is the largest habitable underground network in the world. Its 32 km (20 mi) of tunnel cover more than 41 city blocks (about 12 km2 (5 sq mi)). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_city#:~:text=Montreal%2C%20Quebec%2C%20Underground%20City%2C,2%20(5%20sq%20mi)).

Tomato ketchup is a good conditioner for the hair. It also helps get the greenish tinge that some blonde haired people get after swimming in water with chlorine in it.

https://m.stacker.news/22379