In this small selection you will find a variety of facts from history, botany, zoology and other fields of knowledge. Each of them is interesting and fascinating in its own way. 
1. When Tutankhamun was buried, the pyramids were already 2000 years old, and when Cleopatra (the last pharaoh of Egypt) died, Tutankhamun had been dead for 1000 years 
2. Magnolia trees are such ancient plants that they evolved before bees appeared on Earth, and are therefore pollinated by beetles. 
3. The Vikings gave kittens to newlyweds as part of the household 
4. After losing a fight, monkeys may start masturbating 
5. Axolotls are actually a species of salamander stuck in their juvenile stages due to a lack of thyroid-stimulating hormone. 
Their body does not produce this hormone, but if it is administered as a medicine or added to food, they will “grow” into “salamanders.”
6. There is a Polish community in Chicago, second only to the Polish population of Warsaw. 
7. There are different types of birds - nest parasites. This means that these birds lay eggs in another bird's nest, like a cuckoo. When an alien chick hatches, it often tries to kill the other babies 
Prey birds have developed some methods of defense. For example, some literally “print” barcodes on their eggs so that a stranger can be identified. And some, while hatching eggs, sing a special song, and then throw the chick out of the nest, which cannot respond to it.
8. If you eat polar bear liver, you can die from an overdose of vitamin A 
9. Female koalas have 2-3 vaginas 
10. Men ejaculate at approximately 45.06 km/h 
11. There are species of jellyfish that can supposedly live forever. They have the unique ability to reverse their life cycle and return to an earlier phase of their life. 
12. Lobsters only die of old age because they will eventually need more energy than they could ever consume to produce a new shell. 
Their DNA is constantly being repaired by an enzyme they have, and they could technically live forever if they were constantly provided with enough energy to successfully molt.
13. US Secretary of Agriculture is ninth in line to the presidency 
14. Some penguins engage in prostitution to steal pebbles for their nests. 
15. Sharks are a species older than the rings of Saturn 
16. The summit of Everest is made from marine limestone that was once on the ocean floor. 
17. According to USDA regulations, any squash with golden flesh can be officially labeled as a pumpkin. 
18. The scientific term for gluteal fissure is intergluteal fold 
19. During the French and Indian War, George Washington had terrible hemorrhoids. So terrible that he could not ride a horse and had to be carried in a cart 
This fact is mentioned in the biography of George Washington, Washington: A Life, written by historian Ron Chernow.
20. Deer love bananas and go crazy for them. 
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