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Fun Fact of the Week: Do we really only use 10 percent of our brains?
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Fun Fact of the Week: This product converts sugar to fiber in your gut
Asher Herman | November 28th, 2024 What if sugary foods could suddenly convert into the necessary fiber your stomach needs? Zbiotics, a company producing “genetically…
Fun Fact of the Week: Wood frogs freeze solid in winter and thaw in spring
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Fun Fact of the Week: Owls’ wise faces are even sharper for hearing
Isabella Bautista | November 11th, 2024 Owls are known for their “wise” appearance, perhaps attributable to their large, pensive-looking eyes and their feathery facial disc…
Fun Fact of the Week: Bananas are slightly radioactive
Morgan Lindstead | November 4th, 2024 When we think of radiation, it often seems very distant or removed from us in our everyday lives. Our…
Fun Fact of the Week: A Malaysian ant explodes when threatened
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Fun Fact of the Week 5/3: Colonoscopies can Diagnose and Cure Colon Cancer
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Did Lipped T. Rex’s Exist?
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The Ability to Taste Alkaline – Recently discovered taste receptor allows flies to sense alkaline flavor
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