The trees which grow cacao can live for an impressive 200 years! However, the plants only create viable beans for making chocolate for just twenty years of their lifespan.
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Do you know what the biggest reptile in the world is? It is the saltwater crocodile! These beasts can weigh up to 1000 kg and grow to be 6 meters long! You’ll find them in brackish wetlands in India, Southeast Asia, the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia!
Juggling is said to increase the volume of gray matter in a child’s brain by 3 percent. “Learning a difficult perceptual-motor skill—juggling—induced a 3 percent increase in the volume of gray matter in visual attention areas,” write Yale scholars.
Bats smell, hear, taste, feel and see just like people do. The term "blind as a bat" isn't really accurate. Bats have good eyes for seeing in the daylight. However, they do most of their hunting at night. Instead of relying on their sense of sight for night-time vision, bats make rapid high-pitched squeaks called "ultrasounds". These sounds are too high for most people to hear.
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Do you know what the biggest reptile in the world is? It is the saltwater crocodile! These beasts can weigh up to 1000 kg and grow to be 6 meters long! You’ll find them in brackish wetlands in India, Southeast Asia, the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia!
Juggling is said to increase the volume of gray matter in a child’s brain by 3 percent. “Learning a difficult perceptual-motor skill—juggling—induced a 3 percent increase in the volume of gray matter in visual attention areas,” write Yale scholars.
Bats smell, hear, taste, feel and see just like people do. The term "blind as a bat" isn't really accurate. Bats have good eyes for seeing in the daylight. However, they do most of their hunting at night. Instead of relying on their sense of sight for night-time vision, bats make rapid high-pitched squeaks called "ultrasounds". These sounds are too high for most people to hear.
Tulips have become synonymous with The Netherlands, but do you know where they originated? They came from Central Asia, specifically Istanbul and its surrounding areas. The period of Turkish history between ‘1718-1730’ became known as the ‘Tulip Era’ as they were so prevalent in arts, folklore and daily life, as well as this being a period of peace and stability.
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