The skin of what type of animal is used to treat burns?
Fish skin, usually from Atlantic cod or Nile tilapia, has anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties that support healing of some wounds including burns and diabetic foot ulcers.
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- Why are X-rays called "X"-rays?
“X-rays got their name because "X" stood for an unknown type of radiation.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Who discovered X-rays?
German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays by accident in 1895.
Fact about the prairie dog language
Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures.