Crocodiles shed tears as a result of the air trapped in their sinuses after eating their prey. So this has nothing to do with pain. For this reason, the expression crocodile sheds tears is used for people who do not feel sorry for something but pretend to be sad.

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A walk in the forest softens the brain's reaction to unpleasant circumstances.

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Thomas Wadhouse was an English circus performer who lived in the 18th century. He is most famously known for having the world's longest nose, which measured 7.5 inches (19 cm) long.

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🤯 The most dangerous and deadly earthquake occurred on January 23, 1556, in Shaanxi, China. It caused about 830 thousand casualties.

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🧛 Golden blood. Only 43 people in the world have it. It is suitable for transfusion to absolutely everyone, regardless of Rh factor. Carriers of this blood type are among the most valuable donors in the world.

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In Japanese culture, the umbilical cord is given great importance. Mothers here keep their children's umbilical cords in special boxes called Kotobuki Bako.

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Broccoli is a flower that is harvested before it blooms. If you leave it alone, it will bloom.

Broccoli is the plant's flower, and the part we eat is made up of immature buds. If left to grow, those compact green clusters open into small yellow blooms, becoming tougher in texture and more bitter in flavor-so it's harvested before flowering.

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Whale milk is 50% fat and so thick it won’t dissolve in water, allowing calves to drink straight from the ocean.

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Interestingly, sunflowers usually face the sun, but if they don't find it, they turn to each other. 🌻

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The “extremely shocked” emoji 😱 was loosely based on the painting The Scream by Edvard Munch.

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🐦‍⬛️ When the first batch of sparrows was brought from Europe to America in 1850, the Americans were so delighted that they overfed them all to death.

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🐸 Until the 1960s, there was an interesting pregnancy test in European countries - the urine of a supposedly pregnant woman was sent to a British laboratory, where it was injected into a toad. If after this the toad lays eggs for several hours, it means the woman is pregnant.

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🦋 In Brazil, there are butterflies that emit a strong smell, so they are specially kept at home to scent the air.

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🪴 Aloe can live without water for seven years.

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🦉 Owls’ eyes are not spherical, but cylindrical. It is very difficult to rotate such eyes, so nature unexpectedly compensated for this defect by allowing owls to rotate their heads 270 degrees.

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🦛 Hippos sleep in the water

Hippos have a reflex mechanism that allows them to surface, take a breath, and then dive back underwater without waking up, so they don't drown while sleeping.

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🦋 The largest nocturnal butterfly in the world is the Attacus Atlas. With a wingspan of 30 cm, it is often mistaken for a bird.

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