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Nyx Queen of Darkness Crew
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 Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:55 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: No one recites The Raven like Vincent Price does. NO ONE!
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:10 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: There are no ants in Iceland, Greenland, and Antarctica.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:10 pm
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Fact: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? The world may never know. But on average, a Licking Machine made at Purdue needed 364.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:32 pm
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Fact: Octopuses have blue blood. To survive in the deep ocean, octopuses evolved a copper rather than iron-based blood called hemocyanin, which turns its blood blue. This copper base is more efficient at transporting oxygen then hemoglobin when water temperature is very low and not much oxygen is around. But this system also causes them to be extremely sensitive to changes in acidity. If the surrounding water’s pH dips too low, octopuses can’t circulate enough oxygen. As such, researchers worry about what will happen to the animals as a result of climate change-induced ocean acidification.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 6:55 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: Elephants are the only land mammal that can't jump--this is because they don't have kneecaps, and therefore can't bend their legs.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 6:59 pm
Rawr!!
Fact:The average person spends 6 months of their lifetime waiting on a red light to turn green.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 7:14 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: A bone-house wasp stuffs the walls of its nest with dead ants (fact from MNN website)
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 8:36 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: A troll is a class of being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 9:15 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: Chickens do not need a Rooster around to lay eggs, but they do need at least 15 hours of sunlight to stimulate their hormones.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 9:50 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: During your lifetime, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 9:57 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: In mammals such as humans, our lungs themselves expand and contract as we breathe, as air flows in and out. In budgies, the muscles of the chest cavity itself expands and contracts, to force air in and out.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:06 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: A whale’s heart beats only nine times a minute
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 11:25 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: Colonists sliced off pumpkin tops; removed seeds and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey. This was baked in hot ashes and is the origin of pumpkin pie.
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 11:51 pm
Rawr!!
Fact: Elephants are the only species of animal other than man known to have rituals around death. Elephants even grieve for non-family members.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:04 am
Rawr!!
Fact: Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.
FITZ: Sorry a bit too slow on this one, thanks for the fact though!
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