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15/11/2022

Red Velvet Cake Trivia | 25 facts about the sweet snack

Red velvet cake is traditionally a red, red-brown, crimson, or scarlet-colored chocolate layer cake, layered with ermine icing.

13/11/2022

The word comes from the Miwok tribe and was used to refer to a group of renegade enemy tribes living in the Yosemite Valley. And, according to the Yosemite Online Library, the word quite literally means "those who kill."

13/11/2022

National Geographic reports that when Asian elephants are feeling stressed or upset, their fellow pachyderms will attempt to provide comfort by caressing them with their trunks and offering "chirps of sympathy."

11/11/2022

You're no doubt familiar with a shark's ability to detect even small amounts of blood in the water from as far as a quarter mile away. However, what you may not realize is that this is due to the animal's ability to "smell in stereo."

As reported in the journal Nature in 2010, sharks can detect tiny delays in the time it takes for a scent to reach one nostril compared to the other—even when it's just a fraction of a second. This delay allows them to determine from which side the scent came and in response, they can head that way in search of prey.

11/11/2022

Though the Earth as a whole moves in a circular orbit, not all of its surfaces rotate at the same speed. In fact, according to Scientific American, the surface of the Earth at the equator moves at 360 meters per second—or approximately 1,000 miles per hour—while the speed at the North Pole is effectively zero. (It only rotates once every 24 hours.)

09/11/2022

With the job of NASA engineer on his resume, Lonnie G. Johnson would already be considered an impressive person by anyone's standards. However, not only did he help develop the U.S. Air Force's stealth bomber program, according to the Daily Press, but he also invented the Super Soaker water gun in the 1980s.

07/11/2022

Parrot Trivia | 40 facts about the bird

Parrots are cute birds, that some people own as pets. Their most known characteristic is that they can repeat words once they hear people saying them.

07/11/2022

Coyotes Trivia | 30 facts about the animals

Coyote is a species of canine native to North America, related to the eastern wolf and the red wolf.

07/11/2022

We usually stop after sit, stay, and roll over, but the average dog can actually learn as many as 165 commands. However, as a canine intelligence expert explained to Animal Planet, consistency is key: "If you call his meal 'supper' but your spouse calls it 'dinner,' the label for his nightly kibble might be fuzzy. But if everyone says 'dinner,' he'll soon perk up anytime you're discussing dinner plans."

07/11/2022

Most oysters, the Los Angeles Times reports, do not have a fixed s*x throughout their lifetimes. In fact, given this ability to change s*xes, oysters don't require a mate in order to reproduce.