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Do you know it doesn’t take 24 hours for Earth to turn completely, but 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 second.

Very interesting facts you guys! Here’s one about the Internet: Did you know that it is roughly estimated that only about 4-16% of the Internet is accessible through Google? This part of the internet is known as the “surface” web. This means that it is roughly estimated that the remaining 84-96% of the Internet cannot be accessed through a simple Google search. This part of the internet is, as you may already know, comprises the Deep web and Dark web (a section of the Deep Web).

Nice one @bearwithme 👍🏻

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Here's an interesting fact about sharks - The Greenland Shark lives in Arctic waters and slowly grows to an average length of 16 feet. It scavenges for its food and is attracted to the smell of rotting meat in the ocean. It's also known to primarily live in deeper ocean depths compared to other sharks. A group of scientists conducted radiocarbon testing on the eye lens of 28 female sharks and determined its life span to reach at least 272 years. They concluded that the Greenland shark is the longest-living vertebrae known to man.

Interesting. I think I saw something like this in China but I had no idea what kind of fruit is that. Thanks for the tips, it's good that I didn't buy it as I was drinking a lot of beer there 🍻

Durian is one of stinkiest fruit ever, it actually banned in some country, it’s odor described as smell of turpentine and garlic garnished with gym sock that you can smell it from a yards away. Despite of it smell durian actually taste really good, Durian is very popular in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia there over 300 varieties of durians. Durian is good source of potassium an electrolyte that can help maintain your blood stream on your body, not only that durian actually cholesterol-free and it contains monounsaturated fats that can reduce fats. On the bad note eating durian and drinking beers at the same time it might kill you, it is more likely to cause bloating, indigestion, and discomfort as you liver has to work extra hard to metabolise both fats and sugar from durian and beers.

The shortest name of the place is "Å" and it is located both in Norway and Sweden. I've heard about it few years ago when I was learning Norwegian. Hope you will find it interesting 😊

Hail to Princess Olivia @MiaChristine

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Octopuses 🐙 Mythology and superstition have portrayed octopuses as alien beings or evil creatures dwelling in the terrifying dark depths of oceans.

However Octopuses are widely considered to be the most intelligent of all invertebrates. ...

The giant Pacific octopus has three hearts, nine brains and blue blood, making reality stranger than fiction. A central brain controls the nervous system. In addition, there is a small brain in each of their eight arms — a cluster of nerve cells that biologists say controls movement. ... Two hearts pump blood to the gills

Wow, so many interesting facts about birds! Very interesting! Here is another “creature” fact. While this doesn’t have to do with birds, it is still very interesting! Did you know that the shortest lifespan of an insect is only 24 hours? That lifespan belongs to the Mayfly. Within these 24 hours of its life, it is born, finds a mate, breeds, and dies.

Nice one @wafercookieflippers @Alansmart and speaking about birds, did you noticed why do birds bob their heads when they walk ? To stabilize their visual surroundings. Unlike us, we depends on eyes movements rather than the head movements to hold the images presented to us while in moving. The back and forth movements on birds are not just random head-bobbing 🐦

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My brain is acting like an octopus loool @wafercookieflippers.. here are a couple more bird facts, flamingos get their color from what they eat! An African grey parrot has the largest vocabulary of birds as they can learn upwards of 5000 words!

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That’s really interesting about the flamingo @Alansmart! I had heard about the macaws before—some people put their pet macaws in their wills to make sure that they are taken care of after their death! 😜

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A macaw parrot lives an average of 80-100 years.. the oldest bird on record was a flamingo to add to the trivia. Cool topic @wafercookieflippers 👍

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Do you know how long wild birds live?

Bird mortality is generally highest in the first year after hatching, and ornithologists estimate that 80-90 percent of baby birds do not live to maturity. Considering one pair of birds alone could have 15-20 baby birds each year, only a few may reach the age of adulthood. If mortality was not dramatically high, bird overpopulation would be a serious issue. A number of factors, including disease and predators, affect mortality. However when ornithologists were able to look at banded birds (birds they marked with a plastic band on the birds foot) over a long period of time, they were able to record average lifespans for various wild birds.

Longest bird lifespans (recorded from banded birds):

Laysan albatross: 65+ years and still living (the oldest living wild bird on record)
Arctic tern: 34 years, 0 months
Brown pelican: 27 years, 10 months
Great Horned Owl: 27 years, 7 months
Mute Swan: 26 years, 9 months
Red-tailed Hawk: 25 years, 9 months
Great blue heron: 23 years, 3 months
Sandhill crane: 18 years, 6 months
Northern Cardinal: 15 years, 9 months
American Robin: 13 years, 11 months
House sparrow: 13 years, 4 months
Wild turkey: 12 years, 6 months
Killdeer: 10 years, 11 months
Eastern bluebird: 10 years, 5 months

I had no idea wild birds lived so long (well once they get over that initial hump anyway 😉).

Here’s another fact for you guys! Did you know that the oldest recorded age for a human belongs to Jean Louis Calment of France. Born in 1875, she lived all the way until her passing in 1997! That’s 122 years and 164 days to be precise!

Yeah, I guess she is a lucky 80 years old girl 🤗 @Joseph45

Wow, really!? It would be kind of nice to own your own town and, well, owe money to yourself! Very interesting @firebombmarkus!

Did you know that there is an American town with a population of one? Monowi, Nebraska is the only town in the United States with an official population of one person. Yes, she owes taxes... to herself! She is in her 80s and she is employed as village's mayor, librarian and bartender.

I agree @Joseph45 I will stick with Bangkok too 😁 Didn't know about the Pacific Ocean. It's huge 😱

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Do you know it doesn’t take 24 hours for Earth to turn completely, but 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 second.

Nice one @bearwithme 👍🏻

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Interesting. I think I saw something like this in China but I had no idea what kind of fruit is that. Thanks for the tips, it's good that I didn't buy it as I was drinking a lot of beer there 🍻

The shortest name of the place is "Å" and it is located both in Norway and Sweden. I've heard about it few years ago when I was learning Norwegian. Hope you will find it interesting 😊

Hail to Princess Olivia @MiaChristine

A macaw parrot lives an average of 80-100 years.. the oldest bird on record was a flamingo to add to the trivia. Cool topic @wafercookieflippers 👍

wafercookieflippers

Do you know how long wild birds live?

Longest bird lifespans (recorded from banded birds):

Laysan albatross: 65+ years and still living (the oldest living wild bird on record)
Arctic tern: 34 years, 0 months
Brown pelican: 27 years, 10 months
Great Horned Owl: 27 years, 7 months
Mute Swan: 26 years, 9 months
Red-tailed Hawk: 25 years, 9 months
Great blue heron: 23 years, 3 months
Sandhill crane: 18 years, 6 months
Northern Cardinal: 15 years, 9 months
American Robin: 13 years, 11 months
House sparrow: 13 years, 4 months
Wild turkey: 12 years, 6 months
Killdeer: 10 years, 11 months
Eastern bluebird: 10 years, 5 months

I had no idea wild birds lived so long (well once they get over that initial hump anyway 😉).

Yeah, I guess she is a lucky 80 years old girl 🤗 @Joseph45

Wow, really!? It would be kind of nice to own your own town and, well, owe money to yourself! Very interesting @firebombmarkus!