Thanks to lack of predators and abundance of food, it was possible for birds of paradise to make their mating dances more complicated. They even practise them regularrily and some males dance together for highter possibility of success. They then exchange in right to copulate with the female 1 reply
Hamilton Beach (the kitchen appliance brand) started off making sex toys.
Ancient Egypt lost a war due to cats. The Persians used cats which were sacred in Egypt, thus rendering the Egyptians helpless.
Türkiye’s animal protection law considers pets living beings and not just property, so a recently divorced man is going to pay his ex wife for ...... 1 reply
AAVE is a legitimate language that non-Black American folks simply don’t speak. It has rules and structure developed over multiple generations harkening back to the enslavement of Africans in America, as well as very pronounced regional distinctions that can’t be faked through imitation. It has been and is studied by linguists. Social media has...... 2 reply
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Some of y’all might know this but purple is associated with royally because of a singular dye and pigment. Tyrian purple was super rare, the only natrual lightfast dye was in history made of the mucus of thousands of Murex snails to produce one gram of dye, so expensive only the elite and royality can...... 2 reply
Cheetahs have a special sound that makes females ovulate.
When cats do that chittering thing, they’re often trying to imitate the animal they’re trying to catch to appear less threatening and lure them in.
You can absorb alcohol and certain other fluids more effectively through your butt. Mayans used to get drunk off a special alcohol that was ...... reply
Pinball machines didn't have the flippers when they were first made so they were essentially glorified slot machines leading for them to be banned during the prohibition. So to unban them added flippers so there was a challenge to it and it was more skill. The flipper version was wayyyy more popular so they just kept them! You can find the really o...... reply
