Spring Break
Fun Facts
Issue date: 6/24/05 Section: Sci-Tech
▲ Since the word buffalo has three meanings - to intimidate, the animal and the city in NY, you can combine them in legitimate sentences with no other words. For example: Buffalo buffalo buffalo. How many times can use the word buffalo in one sentence?
▲ Mr. Potatohead was the first toy advertised on TV.
▲ Baby rattlesnakes are born without rattles.
▲ Although both are sea waves, a tsunami and a tidal wave are two different unrelated phenomenon. A tidal wave is a large sea wave produced by high winds, and a tsunami is a sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or landslide (usually triggered by an earthquake) displacing the ocean water.
▲ The monarch butterfly is sometimes called the "milkweed butterfly" because its larvae eat the plant.
▲ Despite what we think, a polar bear's fur is not white. Each hair is clear hollow tube. Polar bears look white because each hollow hair reflects the light.
▲ Mr. Potatohead was the first toy advertised on TV.
▲ Baby rattlesnakes are born without rattles.
▲ Although both are sea waves, a tsunami and a tidal wave are two different unrelated phenomenon. A tidal wave is a large sea wave produced by high winds, and a tsunami is a sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or landslide (usually triggered by an earthquake) displacing the ocean water.
▲ The monarch butterfly is sometimes called the "milkweed butterfly" because its larvae eat the plant.
▲ Despite what we think, a polar bear's fur is not white. Each hair is clear hollow tube. Polar bears look white because each hollow hair reflects the light.
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