Author: Nicole Flasco / Source: did you know?
Have you ever had that OMG moment where you are reading an article or social media post and a fun fact about something you really thought you knew about pops up? You know that feeling. The one where you feel you’ve been lied to your whole life (okay…maybe that’s a bit much) and now you can’t unlearn what you just read?
I am here to ruin *cough*, enrich your life with some amazing and interesting facts about life, entertainment and more!
Superman.
Is a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superman!
But at one time, the Man of Steel was not mimicking a plane. He was more like a kangaroo on steroids. In fact, in the original comic, Superman could only jump. But as the cartoon was created, the creators found animating him proved difficult with all the bending. So what did they do? They gave him his iconic superpower, the ability to fly.
Bees will hurt their own kind.
The honey bee is an amazing creature. We’re used to hearing about the industrious insects working together to create a home and protect their hives at all costs. But did you know bees are territorial even to their own kind?
Guard bees stand watch among the hives, preventing other bees (from other hives) from invading and stealing their hard-earned nectar. Apparently, bees not only “smell fear” but they sense the pheromones of bees attempting to invade their hives! That’s right, guard bees sniff out intruders and will bite and sting “spy” bees to project their own family.
Egyptian slaves were used to keep the insects away.
You may think the job of keeping bugs away might be better than dragging thousand pound stones to build a pyramid, but it actually was its own special kind of torture. King Pepy II, a pharaoh who reportedly ruled for 90 years,…
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