1. Crows can remember the faces of individual humans. They can also hold a grudge.
2. In Texas, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department it is legal to kill Bigfoot. Bigfoot is considered a non-protected nongame animal.
3. Sunflowers can help clean radioactive soil. Japan is using this to rehabilitate Fukashima. Almost 10,000 packets of sunflower seeds have been sold to the people of the city.
4. Reindeer are one of the only mammals that can see UV light.
5. Vanilla flavoring is sometimes made with the urine of beavers.
6. Clinomania is the excessive desire to lay in bed all day.
7. 1912 was the last time Olympic gold medals were made entirely of gold.
8. A bottle of Coca-Cola has a PH scale of 2.8, and could dissolve a nail in just 4 days.
9. Humans cannot walk in a straight line without a visual point – When blindfolded, we will gradually walk in a circle.
10. If you ate nothing but rabbit meat, you would die from protein poisoning. This would be a mixture of too much protein and an absence of fat in the diet.
11. The loudness of a monkey is relative to the size of its testicles. Researchers found that the smaller the testicles, the louder the monkey.
12. A study from Harvard University finds that having no friends can be just as deadly as smoking. Both effect levels of a blood-clotting protein.
13. If you heat up a magnet, it will lose its magnetism.
14. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will become pale.
15. While shedding, geckos will eat their skin in order to prevent predators from finding and eating them more easily.
16. It’s not just humans who are right or left-handed. Most female cats prefer using their right paw and males are more likely to be left-pawed.
17. Intentionally farting on a California prison guard can get you an additional 11 years in prison.
18. In 2013, a plant was genetically spliced that grew tomatoes above ground, and potatoes underground. It is called the TomTato.
19. Sweden has the most islands in the world, with 221,800 islands.
20. The most expensive domain name ever sold was cars.com for an astonishing $872.3 million.
21. A standard 12oz jar of honey take 864 bees to produce.
22. Tiranë, the capital of Albania has a lot of things in common with other European capitals – except one. It’s one of two capitals without a McDonalds. The second is Vatican City.
23. Chewing gum boosts mental proficiency and is considered a better test aid than caffeine.
24. Carrots have zero fat content.
25. At McDonald's in the Philippines, spaghetti is on the menu.
26. There is a liquid that you can breathe in called perfluorohexane. Animals can be submerged in a bath of perfluorohexane without drowning.
27. So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest. The last case of smallpox was in 1977, and the last case of rinderpest was in 2001.
28. The United States Department of Agriculture says the official definition of a sandwich is: “at least 35 percent cooked meat and no more than 50 percent bread”.
29. The furry hairs inside a cat’s ear are called “ear furnishings”. They ensure that dirt doesn’t go inside and also helps cats to hear better.
30. Dogs can be allergic to humans – specifically, their dander. While being treated for this allergy, it can take up to 12 months for a dog to recover.
31. A recently discovered deep sea snail, the Scaly-Foot Gastropod, has a shell that is impressively developed. So much so, that the U.S. military is trying to use its design to inspire defensive layers in military armor.
32. A man named Ronald MacDonald robbed a Wendy’s in 2005.
33. Eating grapefruit can restrict the effects of 43 different medications.
34. The unique smell of rain actually comes from plant oils, bacteria, and ozone.
35. The Bagheera kiplingi spider was discovered in the 1800’s and is the only species of spider that has been classified as vegetarian.
36. Cold showers have more health benefits than hot or warm showers. These include improving circulation, stimulating weight loss, and easing depression.
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