Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
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Quality dark chocolate contains flavonoids which help reduced the risk of heart disease.
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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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Shark corneas are used in eye transplants and shark bone marrow can be used to graft human bones.
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The reindeer is the only mammal that can see UV light.
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