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By 2010, Colombian authorities had seized almost 1700 parrots that had been trained as police lookouts for drug traffickers.
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Seahorses are the only species where the male gets pregnant and gives birth.
When mating the female deposits her eggs into the male's brood pouch, and the male fertilizes them internally. He carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch, then releases baby seahorses into the water.
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When mating the female deposits her eggs into the male's brood pouch, and the male fertilizes them internally. He carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch, then releases baby seahorses into the water.
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Standing for just 3-4 hours a day, five days a week, is the physical equivalent of running ten marathons a year.
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What has formed over many years from peat under high pressure?
What has formed over many years from peat under high pressure?
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44%
Coal
42%
Granite
13%
Gold
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A Modern Formula 1 car costs over $20 Million to build, with almost 90% of the cost being the engine.
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⚡️Question of the Day
Which of these biological classifications is the most specific?
Which of these biological classifications is the most specific?
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15%
Order
59%
Genus
26%
Class
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Human egg fertilization isn’t determined by the fastest sperm, but rather the egg sending chemicals to attract particular sperm it chooses.
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The average meat eater consumes 7,000 animals in their lifetime. It breaks down to 11 cows, 27 pigs, 2,400 chickens, 80 turkeys, 30 sheep and 4,500 fish.
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Cats can get pregnant by multiple fathers simultaneously. This is how kittens from the same litter can look so different.
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Ostrich farms routinely have difficulties getting male ostriches to breed, because they often find their human caretakers more attractive than female ostriches.
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The inventor of television, Philo Farnsworth, did not allow his children to watch television because he was afraid they would become stupid.
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What do we call the opening mouth of a river that is met by the sea?
What do we call the opening mouth of a river that is met by the sea?
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32%
Trench
22%
Strait
46%
Estuary
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It would take 5 million houseflies to lift a 110-pound person off the ground.
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Which desert is NOT located in Africa?
Which desert is NOT located in Africa?
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8%
Sahara
24%
Kalahari
67%
Gobi
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In 2007, a man named Timothy Ray Brown was cured of HIV with a bone marrow transplant from someone with HIV-resistant genes.
He was also known as the “Berlin patient," he was the first person ever cured of HIV.
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He was also known as the “Berlin patient," he was the first person ever cured of HIV.
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What passenger jet airliner flew faster than the speed of sound?
What passenger jet airliner flew faster than the speed of sound?
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27%
Boeing 747
43%
Concorde
30%
Ilyushin Il-86
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Newborn infants stare at 'attractive' faces longer than 'unattractive' ones.
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