Random Knowledge

Haller’s organ is a specialized grouping of cells or receptors located on the tip of a tick’s first leg that detects carbon dioxide.

Ares is the Greek god of War, and his Roman equivalent is Mars
Additionally, all of the major Roman gods are named for planets in our solar system

Fish possess the same number of scales throughout its life, because adult fish do not grow new scales. Annual lines form in the scales with growth, much as tree rings form on a tree. You can determine a fish’s age by counting the number of dark, concentric “rings” (otoliths) on one of its scales.

US English is only different from UK English because America was broke and needed to save money on ink, so they ommitted a few u's from certain words (color/colour,favorite/favourite), and the change from an 's' to a 'z' in words like realize and analyze is due to spelling reform proposed by Merriam Webster himself. Also America most likely did it to make UK mad

On average, the closest planet to Earth is Mercury. On average, the closest planet to Pluto is also Mercury.

Bailey Glade wrote: 6 Apr 2023, 15:24 On average, the closest planet to Earth is Mercury. On average, the closest planet to Pluto is also Mercury.

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Rhys Read wrote: 6 Apr 2023, 15:25

Bailey Glade wrote: 6 Apr 2023, 15:24 On average, the closest planet to Earth is Mercury. On average, the closest planet to Pluto is also Mercury.

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It's that tight orbit around the sun which, when averaging out all the distances between the planets, keep Mercury from ever getting too far away from any given planet.
Calculations and simulations confirm that on average, Mercury is the nearest planet to Earth—and to every other planet in the solar system.

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A chicken named Mike lived for 18 months after its head was chopped off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken

The term amphibian means “dual life.”
this is because they start as larvae in water, and end up living on land

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All adult frogs and toads are carnivorous

Frogs do not need to drink water, because they are able to absorb the water that they need through their skin.

-there is a tagged great white shark named after Nicole Kidman

-The right whale got its name from early whalers that identified it as the “right whale” to kill because its head is so large that its body doesn’t immediately sink after it dies

Armadillos are the only mammal besides humans that can contract leprosy