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Where else are taste buds found in the body?
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Lungs have 'taste buds' which can detect bitter-tasting compounds, although aren't connected to the brain! The taste receptors in the lungs are the same as those in the mouth except they are not found in clusters and do not send any signals to the brain.
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Science is true whether you like it or not
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Not promoting anyone here, but I do like this quote. The goal of science is to come as close as we can to understanding the cause-effect realities of the natural world. It's never "truth" or "facts". "Truth" and "facts" can mean different things to different people.
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This super-effective cancer-fighting berry can help fight cancer
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A drug made from berries produced the blushwood tree ( Hylandia dockrillii), found in Australia, has been used to treat animals with face and neck tumours, and it starts taking effect within five minutes. Human trials have now been approved. According to researchers, in 75 percent of the 300 animals cases, the tumour disappeared in individuals that were treated with isolated compound found in the seed, and has so far not come back. "The compound works in three ways essentially: it kills the tumour cells directly, it cuts off the blood supply and it also activates the body's own immune system to clean up the mess that's left behind." ...
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What grows faster than bamboo?
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Some species of bamboo can grow as fast as 3 feet a day. Also those type of bamboo were used to kill. By staking victim over sharpen bamboo tops as the bamboo grew. It went slowly through the victim.
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Beware of the frog glue
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Look at this fat little frog nugget. This is the native Australian crucifix frog, named for the ginormous cross pattern that runs across its back. When threatened, it oozes a milky 'frog glue' to render itself a terrible meal.
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Designer grapes
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Witches finger grapes are custom made grapes that have a shape of their own. They are from the Californian breeding program International Fruit Genetics (IFG). Although it sounds like it could be GMO, it’s not - they are made through the hybridisation process of taking pollen from one plant and brushing it onto another plant. There are quite a number of these varieties now, in different colours as well. What's really interesting is that IFG also has a few other unusual varieties such as ‘cotton candy’, which when ripe acquires the taste of cotton candy – it’s very unusual, but also delicious. ...
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Pigeons are quick
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A pigeon can accelerate from a standstill to 60 mph in less than two seconds - that’s faster than a Ferrari
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Elephants have an incredible sense
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Elephants can sense rainstorms from up to 240 kilometres away. Researchers discovered these fascinating findings after tracking elephant migration over a period of seven years.
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