Queen Elizabeth I was gifted a unicorn horn which she believed could identify poison and cure diseases. It was a crown jewel and became known as the Horn Of Windsor. In actuality, it was a tusk of a narwhal.
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Reindeers eyes change to a blue color in the winter to help gather light during the dark arctic months and return to a golden color in the spring and summer.
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Wine drinkers pour 12% more wine into a glass they are holding versus one that is sitting the table.
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Gray whales always mate in a threesome: two males and one female. The non-dominant male braces the female and helps holds her next to her mate.
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In the first publication of the scouts handbook in 1908, the original Boy Scouts’ Motto ‘Be Prepared’ was followed by ‘to die for your country if need be…’
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In 2011, Australia’s Perth Mint created a gigantic A$1million gold coin. It broke records for both weight and value, weighing over a ton and using gold worth an estimated A$52 million.
There’s a Lake Baikal in Russia that is a thousand times older than any other lake on Earth. It is also the deepest lake and holds 1/5th of the freshwater on our planet.
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The daddy-long-legs “flosses” after meals by pulling each of its eight legs through its pincers in order to keep parasites off them.
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Feeding silkworm larvae mulberry leaves sprayed with fabric dye results in the dye being transported along the biochemical pathways of the silkworm to produce a colored cocoon and colored silk fibre.
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Source: https://gizmodo.com/silkworms-fed-dyed-mulberry-leaves-to-produce-colored-s-1476655497