If bombardier beetles feel threatened they spray chemicals from their anus. When Charles Darwin picked one up with his mouth, he later wrote ‘To my unspeakable disgust and pain the little inconsiderate beast squirted his acid down my throat’.

Word of the Day: SOCKENSCHLÄFER (German) a wimp, literally ‘someone who sleeps with socks on’.

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During the Cold War, children in Utah and Indiana were tattooed with their blood type so they’d be able to quickly receive transfusions in an emergency.

In a recent survey, 62% of British people said they’d rather be poor and loved than rich and unloved.

After the urine collection device in his spacesuit broke, Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon with a boot full of pee.

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Word of the Day: SCROOP - the crisp, rustling sound of stiffened silk.

People who eat while watching TV eat quicker, eat more and don’t taste the food as much.

Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt once flew all the guests at a Whitehouse dinner party to Baltimore and back. They landed in time for pudding.

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In the 1930s the Austrian Jewish actor Lionel Royce created a new identity for himself, bleaching his hair and changing his accent. After rave reviews from the Nazis who had previously blacklisted him, he left for a film career in the US, playing Nazi villains.

Dogs start sniffing with their right nostril and switch to the left if it’s a pleasing smell. If the smell is threatening, they stick with the right because their fight or flight response is controlled by the right side of the brain.

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A decade after Johnny Cash’s Walk the Line, his younger brother Tommy released a song called I Didn’t Walk the Line.

In Bermuda, wild chickens are such a nuisance the government has released a Feral Chicken Management Plan.

In the 19th century, one of the world’s biggest guano traders was Gibbs and Sons. William Gibb became the richest commoner in England through trading bird poo. There was a popular rhyme at the time: ‘The House of Gibbs that made their dibs / Selling the turds of foreign birds’.

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Research suggests that heavy metal provokes brain activity in sedated critically ill patients. Playing them classical music reduces their brain activity.

The word ‘spud’ is of uncertain origin. Among the proposed false etymologies are the versions that it is an acronym either of the ‘Society for the Prevention of the Unwholesome Diet’ or ‘Stop Poisoning Ulster’s Diets’.

Traditionally, Navajo rug weavers leave a small mistake in their work to make sure their spirit isn’t trapped in it.

Bobcats climb cacti to escape predators. Thanks to their tough, thickly-padded paws, they don’t get injured by the spines.

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