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To be a berry, a fruit must have its seeds on the inside and come from one single flower. Strawberries have their seeds on the outside, while bananas and melons fit the rules perfe...
When urine sits for a long time, it turns into ammonia, which is a powerful cleaner. This chemical was great at scrubbing away stains and killing germs on teeth. It was so popular...
Huge lightning storms on these planets turn gas into soot. As the soot falls, the heavy air squeezes it so hard that it turns into solid, sparkling diamonds. Some of these space di...
When it gets too dry, snails hide in their shells and seal the door with a special slime. This slows down their bodies so much that they don't need food or water for years. They on...
Pluto might be a world in space, but it is surprisingly tiny. If you could unwrap Pluto like a piece of paper, it would be smaller than the country of Russia. In fact, Russia has a...
A real chin is a piece of bone that pokes out from your lower jaw. While monkeys and apes have jaws that slope backward, only humans have this little bump that sticks forward. It h...
Honey is a super-food that never goes bad because it has very little water and is naturally acidic. Bacteria cannot grow in it because the honey actually sucks the moisture out of...
In 1896, the British Navy and the island of Zanzibar fought a war that was over before a lunch break. The British had way more firepower, and the Sultan of Zanzibar surrendered alm...
Earth has about 3 trillion trees, while the Milky Way galaxy only has up to 400 billion stars. This means there are about eight trees for every single star in the sky! It is amazin...
Wombats use their square droppings like little bricks to mark their territory. Because the poop is shaped like a cube, it stays put on rocks and logs without rolling away. This hel...