What is your favourite fact?

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I don’t know if this counts, considering the community’s name, but here goes:

In the Philippines, there exists:

  • an island
  • in a lake
  • on an island
  • in a lake
  • on an island

and I, for some reason, think this is amazingly interesting :)

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many species of conifer require fire to propagate - the high heat releases the seeds from their protective enclosure. this is why forest fires are beneficial to some forest environments

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The temperature greatly influences the sex of Alligator eggs. Above 93F and the majority of the eggs will be male.

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I think this actually also true for certain other reptiles and even some fish. Really freaking interesting.

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We’re made from star dust :)

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Don’t know if I have a favorite fact, but i recently learned all north American armadillos are quadruplets!

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That’s fascinating, do you know why that happens?

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I guess the egg always splits into four embryos after fertilization. I found their Wikipedia page surprisingly fascinating. They also can’t roll into a ball, but CAN use their intestine like a swim bladder, wtf is going with these little guys?

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