Here are some cool and interesting facts to make your Wednesday a bit more interesting!
Did You Know?
That the voice of Miss Piggy and Yoda was performed by the same actor. Frank Oz. He has also worked in numerous other film and TV roles. The force is definitely with him.
image source: By The Conmunity – Pop Culture Geek from Los Angeles, CA, USA – 38th Annual Saturn Awards, CC BY 2.0,
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Small Mouse
The word muscle come from the Latin: musculus which literally means Small or Little mouse. What do You think?
Sunflowers Soak Up Radiation
Sunflowers have been used to clean up polluted areas as they can suck up and retain toxic metals. Lead, in particular, can be stored in the long stem of a sunflower. During testing, it was reported that lead concentration was reduced by up to 40%.
Amazing Noses
Contrary to previous thoughts that the human nose can detect around 10,000 odors, new research suggests that this is greatly underestimated and that the number is nearer to 1 trillion! <br><br>
Source: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/343/6177/1370
