😱 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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This is called “a painting within a painting”, and it was the biggest flex an artist could make in the 1600s

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The most common wild bird is the red-billed quelea, which inhabits areas of Africa.

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A lightning bolt can heat the air around it to about 30,000°C, making the air suddenly expand. This rapid expansion creates a shock wave that travels through the atmosphere as thunder. The temperature inside a lightning channel can be five times hotter than the surface of the Sun.

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You can get poisoned by eating too much cheese. It is called "Tyrotoxism."

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A glass of water at night helps prevent stroke and heart attack.

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The French National Library was founded in 1368 in Paris, by King Charles V.

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About 2% of people possess strong empathy, which allows them to feel pain when they see another person experiencing it.

This phenomenon is known as synesthetic pain.

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