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8 THINGS: 8 Things That Make You Go "Wwhhaatt?!"
The price tag—paired with the work’s absurdity—got the attention of many. The New York Post put it on the cover with the headline, “Bananas! Art World Gone Mad—This Duct-Taped Fruit Sold For $120K!” In ancient Greece and Rome, spider webs were used to make bandages. Supposedly having natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, spider webs can help keep wounds clean and prevent infection.
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Fun Fact: 1970 and 2022 are as far apart as 1970 and 1918.
8 THINGS that make you go, ”
You’d Think April Fools but NOPE!
The European eel, Anguilla Anguilla, spawns in remote and nutrient-poor places in the seas, and no human has ever seen one reproduce in the wild. Can’t fi nd your car? If you hold your key fob up to your head, it will extend the device’s range a bit—much like “rabbit ear” TV antennas give you better reception when you are touching them.
Bottlenose dolphins shut down half of their brain during sleep, along with the opposite eye, so they literally sleep with one eye open.
Children of identical twins are genetically siblings, not cousins.
Meet the “Humahumanukanukaapua’a” from Hawaii … to repeat: “Who-ma-whoma-new-ka-new-ka-a-poo-ah-ah”