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A collection of facts from Pebblesbysea:

• A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water.
• A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
• Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
• A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if a strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods. Try it!
• A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away.
• Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate effects a dogs heart and nervous system, a few ounces enough to kill a small sized dog.
• Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
• Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
• Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
• Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time.
• Male mosquitoes are vegetarians. Only females bite.
• Babies’ eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
• Cats, camels and giraffes are the only animals in the world that walk right foot, right foot, left foot, left foot, rather than right foot, left foot.
• Onions help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.
• The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

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