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When to not have grapefruit
If you've had an organ transplant, it is best to avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice (it interferes with the anti-rejection drugs in your blood).
What do giant pandas eat?
About 99% of a giant panda's diet is bamboo, and a panda may spend 10 to 16 hours a day eating it to get enough energy.
How much can a wolf eat at once?
A hungry gray wolf can eat about 20 pounds of meat in a single meal, then go days without eating until the next kill.
How do emperor penguins incubate their eggs?
Male emperor penguins balance their eggs on their feet under a warm flap of skin for about two months in the Antarctic winter, eating nothing the entire time.
Do chimpanzees use medicine?
Chimpanzees have been observed eating bitter plants that aren't part of their usual diet when they're sick, possibly to treat parasites, an example of animal self-medication.
What happens to bears during hibernation?
Hibernating black bears can go months without eating, drinking, urinating, or defecating, and their bodies recycle waste into protein.
Why do people in Japan eat KFC on Christmas?
Eating KFC on Christmas is a popular tradition in Japan, thanks to a 1970s marketing campaign.
How long have people been eating chocolate?
Traces of cacao found in Ecuador show people were using it about 5,300 years ago.
Who was Johnny Appleseed?
Johnny Appleseed was a real man named John Chapman who planted apple nurseries across the American frontier. His apples were mostly used to make cider, not for eating.
Why is polar bear liver toxic?
Polar bear liver contains so much vitamin A that eating it can poison humans.
When do narwhals eat?
Narwhals do most of their eating in winter.
Did a man eat a tomato on courthouse steps to prove it wasn't poisonous?
The story of Robert Gibbon Johnson eating a tomato on courthouse steps in 1820 to prove it was safe is likely a myth.
Can eating too many carrots turn your skin orange?
Eating too many carrots can turn your skin orange, a harmless condition called carotenemia.
Why is there an eagle on Mexico's flag?
Mexico's flag shows an eagle on a cactus eating a snake, from the legend of how the Aztecs chose where to build their capital.