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Odd but true trivia that lives rent-free in your head.
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The earthy smell of rain has a name, petrichor, and a key ingredient is geosmin, made by soil bacteria, which the human nose can detect at about one hundred parts per trillion.
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Stegosaurus lived around 150 million years ago, T. rex about 68 to 66 million years ago. We are closer in time to T. rex than it was to Stegosaurus.
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Shark-like scales go back about 450 million years. The oldest known forest grew about 385 million years ago.
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Polar bear fur has no white pigment at all: the guard hairs are transparent and hollow, the white comes from scattered light, and the skin underneath is black.
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Two hearts serve the gills, one serves the body, and that one stops when the octopus jets away.
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Honey is too dry, too acidic and too sugary for most microbes to survive in, which is why a jar at the back of the cupboard is almost always still good.
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Gallium melts at about 29.8 degrees Celsius, well below body temperature, so a small piece of this silvery metal held in your palm turns into a liquid puddle with no furnace or fire required.
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In a study that began in 2006, Seattle crows learned one masked face and kept scolding it for up to 17 years.
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The Great Pyramid was already about 2,500 years old in her time. The first Moon landing came about 2,000 years after her.