Honey Lasts Forever Fact
Honey is sometimes called the only food that doesn’t go bad, this is mostly true. Honey stored properly will essentially last forever due to its unique chemical composition.
Animals
An animal is an multicellular eukaryotic organism from the kingdom Animalia. All life on earth aside from plants and algae are animals including humans.
The Square Cube Law Impacts Biomechanics Fact
The square cube law says that volume increases faster than surface area when an object increases in size proportionally. This affects biomechanics (AKA the way organisms are built).
Flamingos are Pink Because they Eat Red Algae and Shrimp Fact
Flamingos are born with gray feathers. They become pink over time due to their aquatic diet of organisms like shrimp and red algae which are high in pigments called carotenoids.
Spiders Hear Through Hairs on their Body Fact
Although the specifics may be different for different spiders, spiders “hear” (sense vibrations) through hairs and tiny slits distributed over their body.
Sex and Gender Differences in Humans Aren’t Binary Fact
Studies have shown there is no single determinant of sex, gender, or sexuality. Thus, a binary distinction of “male or female” fails to describe a wide range of humans in practice.
All Black Widow Spiders are Deadly Myth
Not all Black Widows are deadly. The adult female Black Widow’s poison can be deadly, but male and juvenile Black Windows are essentially harmless.
Nettie Stevens Discovered the XY Sex-determination System Fact
Nettie Stevens and Edmund Beecher Wilson independently discovered the chromosomal XY sex-determination system (that males have XY and females have XX sex chromosomes).
All Mammals Start as Female Myth
Mammals don’t start as females, they start as a blank slate with XX/XY genetic code, and for the first 5-6 weeks of gestation only the X gene expresses.
Some People are Born Gay Fact
Science suggests people are born in a range of places in the gay and transgender spectrum, with both nature and nurture playing a role in sexuality.
A Mountain Goat is a Goat Myth
Mountain goats aren’t goats, these close relatives of the goat are actually goat-antelopes. Oddly, they aren’t true antelopes either.