6 obscure but mind-blowing facts

6/28/2021

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Society Story: 6 obscure but mind-blowing facts

Education is important, but just because you’re out of school doesn’t mean that learning stops. Here are six amazing facts you won’t hear in school.

#1 The reason woodpeckers are able to aggressively drill the wood without getting any head injuries, is actually their tongue.

It acts as a sort of spring, by wrapping around the skull and softening the impact.

#2 The Adidas logo didn’t always belong to Adidas.

They purchased the famous three stripes from a company in Finland in the early 50s.

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#3 “Light as a cloud” may be a common expression but it’s not an accurate one.

A normal cloud weighs about 1 million pounds and a storm cloud clocks in at about 2.5 billion pounds. They may look fluffy but they’re heavy hitters!

#4 The process from caterpillar to moth is one of the most fascinating in nature.

The insect dissolves almost completely in order to transition from one state to the other. Surprisingly though, moths have memories from their caterpillar stage and these memories influence their behavior.

#5 An octopus is mostly made out of soft tissue.

Because it has no bone, it has an amazing ability to squeeze its entire malleable body through openings as small as a quarter of their own size.

#6 Sloths may be the butt of a lot of jokes but when it comes to holding their breath, they get the last laugh.

Because of their amazingly slow metabolism, they can hold their breath even longer than dolphins can. A sloth can clock an impressive 40 minutes underwater while a dolphin needs to come out for air after just 15.

Which of these facts did you like the most? Share your thoughts in the comment section!

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22 Comments

theotishaynes

Interesting. I enjoy these educational facts. I love the process of learning. You never get to old to learn and at 58 I have a lot more to learn.

Margaret White

How did they work out that butterflies have memories from when they were larvae?

Mary Klemens

the one about the sloth

buzzinaroundnc

theotishaynes, I'm 57. I tell my granddaughter a day that you don't learn something new is wasted

Ilias Tsiabardas

very interesting Subjects I didn't know that Clouds weights that much ,and #6 Sloths can hold their breath for 40minutes ,that's very impressive ,Thanks for sharing

Wayne Roberts

Need to use metric as well as imperial!

Tom Wright

How do you weigh a cloud ?

flanderschristy

Interesting facts that I didn't know. The weight of clouds surprised me the most. The one that puzzled me is how they know that moths have memories from their caterpillar stage? I can't think of anyway they would know that, can you?

yvonnesisgleason

Wow, these are definitely amazing facts. Especially about the clouds. I actually Googled it lol

Carol Foreman

I liked them all but numbers 3 and 6 were the best.

MRogers

Margaret White, I want to know why they referred to moths while picturing butterflies. They are very definitely not the same insect.

Paul Eric Martin

the weight of clouds was fascinating - but how did they calculate it ? planes fly through clouds all the time you'd think they'd be some type of effect on their flight .. hmmm

kandilarson

Love them all but the sloth one was fascinating.

Paulette Arnold

Darlene Davidson, they can swim.

Leticia Olsen

😄#1; I never knew a woodpeckers got a hard drill tongue.😛 #4; It looks like showing us how to crawl, dribble and bloom!!🐤🐣🐥

Steve Tingle

No. 5 I once saw (on TV) an octopus escape from a fishing boat through a gap which I had difficulty seeing, fortunately the camerman was able to film it dissappearing into the hole and then from the outside it escaping into the sea.