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beluga whales are toxic biohazards

Beluga whales are at the top of the food chain. A nice distinction, however, it also means they acquire the sum total of toxins in the organisms in that chain. Since PCBs and heavy metals don't break down in any organism they accumulate instead.

So when a Beluga eats a salmon that ate a crustacean that grubbed on some plant, all the PCBs and heavy metals that these organisms absorbed end up in the beluga.

Belugas, in fact, are so full of contaminants, when they are found beached they qualify as a toxic biohazard.

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praying mantis and black widows

A praying mantis will eat a black widow.

Reference: http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/spiders/facts-blackwidow.htm

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How many stomach's does a cow have?

A cow's stomach has four compartments: the rumen, the recticulum (storage area), the omasum (where water is absorbed), and the abomasum ( the only compartment with digestive juices).

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Does catfish taste good?

Catfish have 100,000 taste buds.

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An unusual way to dye an egg

By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks.

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Random fact about lightning

Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.

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How much honey can a bee produce?

In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.

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How to feed the homeless?

More food is thrown out each day in the United States than is needed to feed its hungry . . . by McDonalds.

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Five Jell-O flavors that flopped

Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate.

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Fun fact about ketchup

When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.

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A fact that puts the cost of a car in perspective.

Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.

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Random fact about McDonald's Big Mac

There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.

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Why is a hershey's kiss a kiss?

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

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What is the most expensive spice?

The world's most expensive spice is Saffron. The price ranges from 40$ to 60$ per ounce.

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Eskimos

Eskimos use refrigerators to keep food from freezing

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Where's the best place to buy gourmet meals online?

Sure, it's opinion, except when you can use save 35% from a-la-zing, a gourmet food company.
Save $35 off your purchase of $100 or more at A La Zing!

Reference: Dozens of offers and retailers were compared

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An example of the economy of scale

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

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Get your mouth around this..

The ball of chewed food in your mouth (before you swallow) is called a bolus. Introduce this fact to the dinner table in polite company.

Reference: OED

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When & where did farming begin?

The roots of farming began in the areas of present day Turkey and the Middle East about 10,000 years ago. Over 80 percent of mankind's diet is provided by the seeds of less than a dozen plant species.

Reference: http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/farm-city/story-of-farming.htm

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One of the most important animals in the food chain of the marine ecosystem

The lowly krill averages only about two inches (5 centimeters) in length, but it represents a giant-sized link in the global food chain. These small, shrimp-like crustaceans are essentially the fuel that runs the engine of the Earth’s marine ecosystems.

Reference: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/krill.html

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How many different kinds of rice are there?

There are thousands of different varieties of rice (Oryza sativa). At the International Rice Research Institute Genetic Resources Center in the Philippines, there are 80,000 rice samples in cold storage.

Reference: http://www.foodreference.com/html/frice.html

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Who is the world's largest producer of coconuts?

The Philippines is considered to be the largest producer of coconuts in the world

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Fun facts about the human consumption of rice

Rice is the second most consumed grain in the world. Rice provides more than one fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. In early 2008, some governments and retailers began rationing supplies of the grain due to fears of a global rice shortage.

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What other animals besides cows provide milk used by humans for dairy products?

Sheep,goats,buffalo,horses,donkeys,camels,yaks,water buffalo,reindeer and zebras are also providers of milk.

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