Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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Polar BearsSorry if it's been done but here goes...
A Polar bear's liver contains 15,000 to 30,000 units of vitamin A which would prove fatal should a human eat it.
Despite what our eyes tell us, a polar bear's fur is not white. Each hair shaft is pigment-free and transparent with a hollow core.
Polar bears look white because the hollow core scatters and reflects visible light, much like ice and snow does.
When photographed with film sensitive to ultraviolet light, polar bears appear black.
Now then, back to my beermat collection.
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Ethel Le Crisp, Wed 23 Mar 2005, 9:13,
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