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[YoursTruli]

A leech is a worm that feeds on blood. It will pierce its victim's skin, fill itself with three to four times its own body weight in blood, and will not feed again for months. Leeches were once used by doctors to drain "bad blood" from sick patients.

 

[bwh79]

Fact: if you say or write a word enough times, it will start to lose its meaning and become a nonsensical sound in your own ears. Try it. With something like "purple," or "chair."

Purple. Purple. Purple, purple, purple. Purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple purple. What does that even mean, again?

 

[mac63]

An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it

 

[greasegizzard]

The most jelly eaten with chopsticks in one minute is 663 g (1 lb 6 oz) and was achieved by Cherry Yo....ake (Japan) on the set of 'Officially Amazing' in Ipswich, UK, on 9 July 2014.

Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.

 

[YoursTruli]

A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.

 

[Roadtrip635]

"Three dog night" (attributed to Australian Aborigines) came about because on especially cold nights these nomadic people needed three dogs (dingos, actually) to keep from freezing.

 

[YoursTruli]

A normal cow's stomach has four compartments: the rumen, the recticulum (storage area), the omasum (where water is absorbed), and the abomasum ( the only compartment with digestive juices)

 

[mac63]

In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees

 

[bwh79]

Fact: You always look weird in pictures, because the "you" that you're used to seeing is not what you actually look like but your mirror image.

Fun party trick: Next time you take a group photo, reverse it and see how gorgeous you look while your friends turn into hideous trolls. Of course, everyone else will see the same thing too -- they will look better to themselves, while everyone else looks like Frankenstein. Everyone in the picture will think it's the best group photo they've ever took, and anyone outside the group will just think you're being a bunch of spazzes.

's monster. Yes, I know. Now go away.

 

[Roadtrip635]

The roar of the T-Rex dinosaur in "Jurassic Park" was produced by layering the sounds of a tiger, alligator and a baby elephant.

 

[YoursTruli]

A polecat is not a cat. It is a nocturnal European weasel.

 

[mac63]

Polar bears are left-handed

 

[CountBoredom]

 

[Roadtrip635]

When "Mad Max" ran low on funds, director George Miller offered his own vehicle for one of the crash scenes.

 

[YoursTruli]

A quarter of the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.

 

[bwh79]

Fact: "You Are My Sunshine" is actually a song about marital infidelity. The man is singing it to his wife and her lover. Think about that the next time you sing "...please don't take my sunshine away" to your toddler.

 

[mac63]

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair

 

[YoursTruli]

A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.

 

[frizzy_tyger]

Plants can actually sense gravity and light.

 

[westhc]

In 1916, with World War I looming for the United States, a group of Nebraska residents gathered petition signatures and sent a constitutional amendment to Congress that would have enacted a national referendum before lawmakers could declare war. On top of the national vote, anyone who cast a ballot in favor of war would have been required to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.