There is a sea snail that wears a suit of iron plated armor. It is the only known animal to use iron sulphide as skeletal material.
9
Elephants are terrified of Bees and actually have a special, distinct vocalization for “Run away the Bees are angry”
49
In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
13
Your spit has a painkiller 6 times stronger than morphine. It contains a substance called opiorphin that is stronger than morphine.
39
When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
16
A type of strawberry that almost became extinct is now being sold in Europe. It tastes like pineapple so they call it pineberry.
12