Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

...because some of it is pretty and some of it is not.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

More Odd Facts


—Cats have an extra eyelid (called a ‘haw’) that is seen only when a cat is not feeling well.
—Oysters can switch back and forth between genders.
—‘Jaws’ is the most common name for a goldfish.
—Bumblebees have hair on their eyes.
—Crocodiles regularly eat stones.
—You are more likely to be killed by a flying Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
—Somewhere near two dozen people are killed by Champagne corks each year.  Weddings are the most common place for such deaths.
-- Mitchell Hegman
Initial Sources (some facts verified and supplemented elsewhere):  https://www.thefactsite.com/2010/09/300-random-animal-facts.html, https://www.glassofbubbly.com/death-by-champagne/

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