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Fact 1: Koalas have fingerprints that are very close to human fingerprints
Source: https://www.animalrescueprofessionals.org/animal-facts/koalas-human-like-fingerprints/#:~:text=These%20marsupials%20have%20almost%20identical,easily%20differentiate%20between%20the%20two.
Extra fact: Word Koala means no water because they never drink water, they get it from Eucalyptus leaves.
Sources: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/05/03/tree-trunks-take-a-licking-as-koalas-source-water.html#:~:text=Koalas%20rarely%20drink%20water&text=In%20captivity%2C%20koalas%20have%20been,or%20to%20severe%20heat%20stress.
Fact 2: You have a ball sack because you need to have your balls at 34 degrees C to produce sperm but your body is 37 degrees. The sack keeps them farther away. That’s also why your balls shrivel when you are cold. Gotta maintain homeostasis.
Source: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/why-do-human-testicles-hang-like-that/
Extra fact: If you get knocked out your arms get in a weird position called fencing response.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing_response
Fact 3: If you were an Egyptian pharaoh and immortal making $10,000 a day, you still wouldn't have as much money as the richest man on earth today.
Source: https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620928/bp-time-to-care-inequality-200120-summ-en.pdf
Extra facts: Elon Musk's official annual salary for Tesla Motors is $1 and he works on average about 100 hours per week.
Source: https://paycheck.in/salary/salarycheckers/elon-musk#:~:text=%2D%20BusinessInsider%20Mar%202020%3A%20Musk%20has,%2456%2C000%20minimum%20salary%20every%20year.
Fact or not:
#1 : Can you give birth after you die?
FACT: https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-a-ghastly-coffin-birth-in-a-medieval-grave/amp
#2 : Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.
FACT: https://www.travelandleisure.com/animals/international-sloth-day
#3 : The longest boxing match ever took 110 rounds or approximately 7.5 hours.
Fact: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/03/06/boxing-match/#:~:text=Contact%20us-,The%20Longest%20Boxing%20Match%20in%20History%20went,and%20Lasted%20over%207%20Hours&text=On%20April%206%2C%201893%2C%20Andy,Club%20in%20New%20Orleans%2C%20Louisiana.
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By getfactcyΜπορείτε να μας βρείτε στο Instagram @getfactcy και στο email [email protected]
Fact 1: Koalas have fingerprints that are very close to human fingerprints
Source: https://www.animalrescueprofessionals.org/animal-facts/koalas-human-like-fingerprints/#:~:text=These%20marsupials%20have%20almost%20identical,easily%20differentiate%20between%20the%20two.
Extra fact: Word Koala means no water because they never drink water, they get it from Eucalyptus leaves.
Sources: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/05/03/tree-trunks-take-a-licking-as-koalas-source-water.html#:~:text=Koalas%20rarely%20drink%20water&text=In%20captivity%2C%20koalas%20have%20been,or%20to%20severe%20heat%20stress.
Fact 2: You have a ball sack because you need to have your balls at 34 degrees C to produce sperm but your body is 37 degrees. The sack keeps them farther away. That’s also why your balls shrivel when you are cold. Gotta maintain homeostasis.
Source: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/why-do-human-testicles-hang-like-that/
Extra fact: If you get knocked out your arms get in a weird position called fencing response.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing_response
Fact 3: If you were an Egyptian pharaoh and immortal making $10,000 a day, you still wouldn't have as much money as the richest man on earth today.
Source: https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620928/bp-time-to-care-inequality-200120-summ-en.pdf
Extra facts: Elon Musk's official annual salary for Tesla Motors is $1 and he works on average about 100 hours per week.
Source: https://paycheck.in/salary/salarycheckers/elon-musk#:~:text=%2D%20BusinessInsider%20Mar%202020%3A%20Musk%20has,%2456%2C000%20minimum%20salary%20every%20year.
Fact or not:
#1 : Can you give birth after you die?
FACT: https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-a-ghastly-coffin-birth-in-a-medieval-grave/amp
#2 : Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.
FACT: https://www.travelandleisure.com/animals/international-sloth-day
#3 : The longest boxing match ever took 110 rounds or approximately 7.5 hours.
Fact: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/03/06/boxing-match/#:~:text=Contact%20us-,The%20Longest%20Boxing%20Match%20in%20History%20went,and%20Lasted%20over%207%20Hours&text=On%20April%206%2C%201893%2C%20Andy,Club%20in%20New%20Orleans%2C%20Louisiana.