😳 M&Ms are named after the businessmen who created them.

Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie, who apparently didn't have the best relationship, as Mars leveraged Murrie out of his 20% share of the business before it became the biggest-selling sweet in the US.

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Myth: Glass flows over time, making old windows thicker at the bottom.

Fact: Glass is an amorphous solid, meaning its atoms are arranged randomly, not in a pattern like crystals. It stays solid at all normal temperatures and only softens above 600°C (1112°F). Old windows are thicker at the bottom because of how they were made, not because glass moves.

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🐸 One of the most poisonous animals on Earth is the golden poison dart frog, which inhabits the tropical forests of South America.

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🍊 Regular consumption of orange juice reduces the likelihood of developing osteoporosis and serves as a preventive measure against obesity.

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There's a type of tick in the U.S. called the lone star tick who's bite can make you permanently allergic to red meat and milk. The lone star tick is unique in that it can transmit a molecule that causes alpha-gal syndrome, a food allergy to red meat.

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Cats can hear ultrasonic sounds that humans cannot hear. Their hearing can reach about 64–65 kHz, compared with about 45 kHz for dogs and 23 kHz for humans. Cats can therefore hear some high-frequency sounds that are beyond human hearing.
Like the opening of a can of tuna..

They also know very well when you call them,they often simply choose to ignore you.

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🦋 Butterflies do not have mouths — they obtain nutrients from nectar through their proboscis.

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⛄️ The largest recorded snowman was built in 2008 in Maine, USA, and reached a height of 37 feet (approximately 11 meters).

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😱 You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from over 2 miles away.

Blue whales weigh an average of between 130,000 and 150,000kg, with their hearts weighing roughly 180kg.

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Punishment for betraying a pet.

In Italy, people face a year in prison or a fine of 10,000 euros for abandoning an animal.

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Ambulance Canada has equipment that can automatically change the color of traffic lights.

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Elephants are so afraid of bees that the mere sound of buzzing is enough to make an entire herd flee. They have even developed a special rumble just to warn each other if bees are nearby.

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Listening to music during sports training increases performance by 20%.

This effect can be compared to using doping.

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Some fungi can be turned into leather-like materials.

The material is made from mycelium, the thread-like network that forms the main body of a fungus.

Mycelium can be grown into sheets, dried, and processed into materials used for bags, shoes, clothing, and other products.

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🥔🍅 There is a plant called "pomidofel" - it is a hybrid of potato and tomato.

Its fruits are tomatoes, and the tubers are potato-like.

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The probability of giving birth to a left-handed child is twice as high for mothers over 40 years old compared to women under 30.

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This is how hollow-point bullets expand when hitting the body, in 99% of cases death is immediate.

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Chameleons can change not only the color of their skin but also the shape of their body, adapting to their environment.

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A 1962 Citroën DS ID19F ambulance.

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