What is your favourite fact?

  • Poiar@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know if this counts, considering the community’s name, but here goes:

    In the Philippines, there exists:

    • an island
    • in a lake
    • on an island
    • in a lake
    • on an island

    and I, for some reason, think this is amazingly interesting :)

  • tallwookie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    many species of conifer require fire to propagate - the high heat releases the seeds from their protective enclosure. this is why forest fires are beneficial to some forest environments

  • Kamelo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Don’t know if I have a favorite fact, but i recently learned all north American armadillos are quadruplets!

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        1 year ago

        I guess the egg always splits into four embryos after fertilization. I found their Wikipedia page surprisingly fascinating. They also can’t roll into a ball, but CAN use their intestine like a swim bladder, wtf is going with these little guys?