Fun Facts We Didn't Need To Know

[DragonScales+Doubletails]

I guess this kind of counts as a forum game.

*Rules*

Share 1 fact we didn't need to know at a time.

The fact obviously has to be appropriate.

The fact you share Does NOT have to relate to the previous

it has to be TRUE

Only puke if necessary

Have Fun.


I will start us off.

Artificial Vanilla extract comes from the beaver's castor gland which is next to its anal gland. TL;DR Fake vanilla comes from beaver's butts

 

[SomethingsFishy24]

Vultures purposely poo on themselves to keep cool. They also projectile vomit the contents of their crop if threatened so that they are lighter and can make a quick escape. Imagine how I felt at the wildlife rehab practical knowing these facts and being told we need to get a blood sample from 2 of them

 

[Colin_T]

Why not use real vanilla from the vanilla bean?

Camels pee on their back legs to cool down.
Kangaroos lick their forearms to cool down.

 

[DragonScales+Doubletails]

I feel like licking my arm would be awkward.

Mt. Everest is home to several dead bodies

 

[Fishmanic]

Some rat hairs, rat dung, maggots, insects and more are allowed by the FDA in many of the foods we eat. Hope this doesn't ruin your dinner.

How much rodent hair, bugs and poop is legally allowed in the food you eat?

Brace yourselves, America: Many of your favorite foods may contain bits and pieces of creatures that you probably didn’t know were there – and it’s totally legal. How about some r…

fox59.com

 

[Colin_T]

Some rat hairs, rat dung, maggots, insects and more are allowed by the FDA in many of the foods we eat. Hope this doesn't ruin your dinner. View attachment 161749

How much rodent hair, bugs and poop is legally allowed in the food you eat?

Brace yourselves, America: Many of your favorite foods may contain bits and pieces of creatures that you probably didn’t know were there – and it’s totally legal. How about some r…

fox59.com

I don't mind a mouse or rat hair, it's the human hair I don't like, especially the ones shaped like a 9

 

[jaylach]

Many hospitals still use maggots to treat severe infections and rotting human flesh. Maggots will only eat dead flesh and leave the live flesh alone. True story. My local Veteran's Admin hospital does this.

 

[GaryE]

A good part of you is composed of bacterial cells using you as a platform, but essential to your survival. Anywhere from 2 to 6 pounds (1 to 3kg) of you is another set of living creatures.

 

[Deleted member 149562]

Mount Everest moves northwards by 2 inches and upwards by 0.16 inches per year

Japan moved 8ft eastwards during the 2011 earthquake

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Australia moves north 2.7 inches a year.

 

[connorlindeman]

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.

 

[Rocky998]

People used to use bullet ants as a form of stitches where they would force the and to bite the skin together and then they cut the body off... Sounds cruel but it worked until we got better supplies

 

[Slaphppy7]

Except in the case of infection, human urine is sterile.

 

[jaylach]

Except in the case of infection, human urine is sterile.

Odd as it may seem that is very true. Actually it can be used to clean a wound if water is not available.

To add to the actual thread salt water will draw out an infection in an open infected wound.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Pine needles can prevent scurvy.