"One millilitre of coastal water from the ocean can contain up to 10 million viruses."
"Studies have shown that when severely sleep deprived and hungry, our brains can, essentially, start eating themselves."
“Research suggests that neurons of the hypothalamus started eating their own organelles and proteins when starved of food.”
"Our livers shrink and grow significantly every day."
"Some makeup, perfume, and food products may contain a vanilla-scented secretion that comes from a gland near the anus of a beaver."
"Armadillos can carry leprosy."
"Microplastics have been found in the placentas of unborn babies."
"Only 43% of our bodies are made up of human cells."
"There’s a parasite that brainwashes rodents into being eaten."
"We throw away 900 million tonnes of food every year."
"Our oceans are filled with what are essentially ‘water black holes.’ Anything that gets caught in one gets sucked down into the deep dark water and will not come back out."
“Your intestines will ‘wriggle’ themselves back into the correct position. Doctors who do any type of intestinal surgery don’t have to worry (too much) about how they put the intestines back in.”
"The ten hottest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century."
"More than 99% of all organisms that have ever lived on Earth are extinct."
"A rat’s teeth can gnaw through lead sheeting and cinder block."
"Animals, including insects, were put on trial in Medieval Europe. The earliest record of an animal on trial is the execution of a pig in 1266 at Fontenay-aux-Roses."
"Thomas Hargrove, a homicide archivist, estimates that there are over 2,000 serial killers at large right now."
"There are about 40 supervolcanoes around the world capable of claiming up to a billion lives…and we’re about 24,000 years overdue for an eruption."
"Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome is a condition where someone seemingly healthy dies suddenly with no apparent cause of death."
"Botflies are a type of insect whose larvae burrow under your skin."
"Some moths drink human blood."
"On average, you secrete 26 gallons of sweat into your bed per year."
"The dead outnumber the living 15 to 1."
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Then why say anything at all? Who cares? We're all aware that technology has advanced over time. I don't think there's anyone anywhere that thinks they were keeping annual records using centigrade/fahrenheit in 256 BCE. If you have a degree in science, then I'm a neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic.
I get a new name every time i post on this site so....
True. Also there is lots of evidence that about one thousand years ago in the northern UK there were grapes grown used to make wine. Those plants wont grow there today because it's way too cold for so long each year. So the climate had to be much warmer in UK back then.
In the US - with the best temperature records - May has been the hottest month this year! and June is projected to be even hotter!
Everyone panic!!
#19 Oh, and you should Google "botfly extractions." Fun stuff!