10 weird science facts

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1. Water can boil and freeze at the same time

2. Pugs' cute little flat faces are the result of a genetic mutation.

3. Your appendix might not be a useless organ. Research suggests it might play a role in the immune system as a secondary defensive organ.

4. Giant penguins about the size of a grown man waddled around New Zealand about 59 million years ago.

5. Great apes, including chimpanzees and orangutans, have absolutely no appreciation of music whatsoever. Research has shown they can't tell the difference between Beethoven and Bieber. 

6. The moon once had an atmosphere. 

7. Bees have been shown to understand the concept of zero. Scientists discovered this after training the insects to count shapes, following previous research that revealed they can count to four.

8. The urine of a diabetic person contains so much sugar that it can be purified and made into whiskey. 

9. Lake Superior has an island, which has a lake, which has an island which has a pond which has a boulder. When the pond floods, it becomes the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.

10. You are 10 times more likely to get bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.

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Okay I know I said that the previous chapter was the last one but I'm going to complete this book before I leave, so 6 more chapters coming your way!

Stay safe :)

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