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T. S. Eliot wore green makeup No one is sure why the poet dusted his face with green powder, though some guess he was just trying to look more interesting. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

Avocados were named after reproductive organs You’ll never look at avocados the same way again. Indigenous people of Mexico and Central America used the Nahuatl word āhuacatl to mean both “testicles” and “avocado.” The fruits were originally marketed as “alligator pears” in the United States until the current name stuck. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

Dogs sniff good smells with their left nostril Dogs normally start sniffing with their right nostril, then keep it there if the smell could signal danger, but they’ll shift to the left side for something pleasant, like food or a mating partner. If you’re a dog lover, you’ll want to know these other fascinating facts about dogs. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

There were active volcanoes on the moon when dinosaurs were alive Most of the volcanoes probably stopped erupting about a billion years ago, but NASA findings have suggested there might still have been active lava flow 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs were still roaming. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

Bananas grow upside down Or technically, we peel them upside down. Naturally, they grow outward from their stems, but that means their bottoms actually face the sky. As they get bigger, the fruits turn toward the sun, forming that distinctive curve. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

Only a quarter of the Sahara Desert is sandy Most of it is covered in gravel, though it also contains mountains and oases. And here’s another geography fact that everyone gets wrong: It isn’t the world’s largest desert. Antarctica is. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

Thanks to 3D printing, NASA can basically email tools to astronauts Getting new equipment to the Space Station used to take months or years, but the new technology means the tools are ready within hours. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

The current American flag was designed by a high school student It started as a school project for Bob Heft’s junior-year history class in 1958, and it only earned a B-minus. His design had 50 stars, even though Alaska and Hawaii weren’t states yet; Heft figured the two would earn statehood soon and showed the government his design. After President Dwight D. Eisenhower called to say the design was approved, Heft’s teacher changed his grade to an A. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

Cows don’t have upper front teeth They do have molars on top, in the back of their mouths, but where you’d expect upper incisors, cows, sheep, and goats have a thick layer of tissue called a dental pad. They use that with their bottom teeth to pull out grass. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

The man with the world’s deepest voice can make sounds humans can’t hear The man, Tim Storms, can’t even hear the note, which is eight octaves below the lowest G on a piano—but elephants can. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

Most Disney characters wear gloves to keep animation simple. Walt Disney might have been the first to put gloves on his characters, as seen in 1929’s The Opry House, starring Mickey Mouse. In addition to being easier to animate, there’s another reason for the gloves: “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human,” Disney told his biographer in 1957.

Turkeys can blush When turkeys are scared or excited—like when the males see a female they’re interested in—the pale skin on their head and neck turns bright red, blue, or white. The flap of skin over their beaks, called a snood, also reddens. By the way, this is why the president pardons a turkey every Thanksgiving. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

That tiny pocket in jeans was designed to store pocket watches The original jeans had only four pockets: that tiny pocket, plus two more on the front and just one in the back. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful. Just try to wrap your brain around the second part of this animal fact: Those 457,000 calories are more than 240 times the energy the whale uses to scoop those krill into its mouth.

Blue whales eat half a million calories in one mouthful. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/knowfactsy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Know-Factsy-100444019347618/?ref=pages_you_manage Blog https://knowfactsy.blogspot.com/

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Some octopus species lay 56,000 eggs at a time. On average, a giant Pacific octopus will lay 56,000 eggs at the end of a pregnancy, over the course of about a month, NPR reports. At first, these new babies float through the surrounding water unattached to one another or their mother. But then the mother gathers each egg—which is about the size of a grain of rice—and weaves them into braids, allowing her to keep an eye on everyone at the same time.

Some octopus species lay 56,000 eggs at a time.

“Running amok” is a medically recognized mental condition. Considered a culturally bound syndrome, a person “running amok” in Malaysia starts with a period of brooding and then commits a sudden, frenzied mass attack.

“Running amok” is a medically recognized mental condition.

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