Interesting facts.

[Sailingeric]

What part of ORYGUN you in? I just left portland for the mountains

Beaverton, over on Cooper Mt

 

[Ippyroy]

The reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone National Park helped save the Bald Eagle.

Now, if someone can tell me why we Park in a Driveway but Drive on a Parkway?

 

[Reefer Reboot]

The radula of a Turbo snail (and maybe others as well) will fluoresce under actinic/black light.

 

[Sailingeric]

The biggest tire manufacturer in the world is Lego. The company makes more than 50% more tires than other tire manufacturers such as Bridgestone or Goodyear.

 

[Steph1]

Mollies can be aclimated to salt water.

Bannana trees are herbs.

 

[Steph1]

Banana is related to the ginger plant

 

[saltcats]

All kinds of citrus can be crossbred to make new types of citrus, and the ones we are most familiar with are not actually the original wild species! Oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefruits are all hybrids.

 

[Ippyroy]

The human head weighs 8 pounds.

 

[ScubaFish802]

A human could swim through a Blue Whales veins

 

[Phycodurus]

koala fingerprints are nearly identical to human fingerprints. (o__o)’

 

[Dw79]

The only living thing on planet earth that is visible from the moon is the great barrier reef.
Also one of the largest producers of methane on the planet is gas from cows.(don't light a match. Lol)

 

[KingTideCorals]

Go get lost on the channel.... If youre bored might as well?

 

[Pistondog]

I am bored... No work here at my shop.
What are some interesting facts that will entertain the masses of bored readers here at r2r!!
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Warming Atlantic waters reduce copepod populations and right wnale Reproduction rate

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/right-whale-future-food-source-1.4299254

 

[Phycodurus]

Banana is related to the ginger plant

bananas are at risk of going extinct. ;Dead

the current cultivar 'Cavendish' is a replacement of 'Gros Michel' ('Big Michael') that succumbed to fungal infection.

[UPDATED] New Study Confirms That Bananas Are Going Extinct

A fungal disease is wreaking havoc on the world's favorite fruit.

www.delish.com

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[Auquanut]

If you flush a toilet in the northern hemisphere, the water will swirl counter clockwise. If you flush in the southern hemisphere, it goes the other way. Storms turn in the same opposite patterns. My theory is that if you flush a toilet on a plane as you cross the equator, you'll open a vortex to another dimension. Just a theory.

 

[Dw79]

Cotton candy was invented by a dentist. Dr. William Morrison partnered with a candy maker to create the first cotton candy machine in 1897 and create cavities ever since.

 

[Phycodurus]

If you flush a toilet in the northern hemisphere, the water will swirl counter clockwise. If you flush in the southern hemisphere, it goes the other way. Storms turn in the same opposite patterns. My theory is that if you flush a toilet on a plane as you cross the equator, you'll open a vortex to another dimension. Just a theory.

no doubt bananas wait on the other side! ;Joyful

 

[Steph1]

Sorry mate but the toilet thing that is an common but untrue urban myth Otherwise I would definately flush over the equator

 

[JoshH]

Cotton candy was invented by a dentist. Dr. William Morrison partnered with a candy maker to create the first cotton candy machine in 1897 and create cavities ever since.

Smart man, creating job security at it's finest ;Smuggrin

 

[Doctorgori]

India is home to a billion people and half the worlds wild tigers
the United States has 6 species of wildcats
the mammoth became extinct after the great pyramids were built
horses lions and camels were in North America when the first Americans arrived