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10 Fun Facts About Moose

10 Fun Facts About Moose

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10 Interesting Facts About Mushrooms

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1. Mushrooms differ from other plants in that they contain no chlorophyll. Because of this, some would argue that they are not plants at all.</div>
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2. A slug can smell a mushroom two metres away.</div>
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3. A person who studies mushrooms and fungi is a mycologist. The Italian mycologist Bruno Cetto (1921-1991) described 2,147 types of mushroom.</div>
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4. A mushroom-eater is a mycophagist, fear of mushrooms is mycophobia and a mushroom-lover is a mycophile.</div>
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5. The mushroom museum in Zagreb, Croatia, contains about 5,000 live exhibits of mushrooms.</div>
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6. According to hieroglyphics of 4,600 years ago, the ancient Egyptians considered mushrooms to be the plant of immortality.</div>
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7. The official state mushroom of Minnesota is the morel. The official state mushroom of Oregon is the Pacific golden chanterelle.</div>
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8. China produces around 70 per cent of the world’s mushrooms.</div>
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9. The Tempest is the only Shakespeare play that mentions mushrooms.</div>
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10. Roman Emperors Tiberius and Claudius, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Charles V of France and Pope Clement VII all died of mushroom poisoning.</div>
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10 Interesting Facts About Mushrooms

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15 Fun Facts You Never Knew About Produce

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Getting your recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables can seem like a chore, but once you know these facts about what you’re munching, you’ll have something to talk about as you’re passing the kale. <div>
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1. Tomatoes are technically a fruit, but they are legally defined as a vegetable in the U.S. The 1893 Supreme Court decision Nix vs. Hedden ruled that since tomatoes were typically used in savory dishes they could be taxed as vegetables rather than fruits, and they’ve been legally recognized as a vegetable ever since. <br /><br /><br />2. In strictly botanical terms, strawberries and raspberries are not actual berries, but bananas and avocados technically are. <br /><br /><br />3. Swiss chard isn’t native to Switzerland—it originally grew near the Mediterranean. It was named by a Swiss botanist in a clever bit of branding. <br /><br /><br />4. The durian, a fruit widely available in Asia, has legions of fans despite being awfully stinky—it smells of rotting meat. The stench is so bad that the fruit has been banned on Singapore’s public train systems. <br /><br /><br />5. There actually was a Granny Smith. Maria Ann Sherwood Smith, an English émigré to Australia, allegedly found the shiny green apples that would eventually bear her name in her orchard beside a creek bed during the 1860s. They were apparently a mutation of a French crab apple. <br /><br /><br />6. Potatoes weren’t grown in Idaho until 1836. They were introduced there by missionaries moving west. <br /><br /><br />7. The ugli fruit, or Jamaican tangelo, is actually a hybrid of a grapefruit, orange, and tangerine. It gained its unseemly name because its creators thought it looked unpalatable when ripe. <br /><br /><br />8. The Black Sapote, a fruit indigenous to Mexico and Central America, tastes like chocolate pudding when ripe. You’ll know when to partake in the faux-chocolatey goodness when the hard green outer skin of the fruit turns black. <br /><br /><br />9. Besides having an acidic taste similar to grapes, the rambutan—which originated in Southeast Asia—is also an ingredient commonly used in soap products. <br /><br /><br />10. The molecular makeup of two sugars in beans, called raffinose and stachyose, are too complex for our bodies to break down entirely. The bacteria found in our large intestines break them down into hydrogen and methane, which explains beans’ infamous reputation. <br /><br /><br />11. Apples, pears, peaches, and plums, among others, are all members of the rose family. <br /><br /><br />12. Fruits and vegetables aren’t always a bargain. A 17-pound black Densuke watermelon—a rare melon grown only on the island of Hokkaido in Japan—sold at auction for roughly $6100. <br /><br /><br />13. Dishes containing spinach are known as “Florentine” because Florence native (and later Queen of France) Catherine de’ Medici famously enjoyed munching the healthy leaves. <br /><br /><br />14. Speaking of spinach, it’s not as loaded with iron as you might think. A German scientist misplaced a decimal point in his research on spinach’s iron content in 1870, and it took 70 years or so for anyone to notice the mistake. Whoops! <br /><br /><br />15. Despite the popularity of perennial favorites like apples and oranges, the most widely consumed fruit in the world is the mango. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br /><br />This work by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/factbunny.com">Fact Bunny</a> is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.<br /><br />Based on a work at <a href="http://goo.gl/aPiFgY">http://goo.gl/aPiFgY</a>.</div>
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15 Fun Facts You Never Knew About Produce

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50 Surprising Facts About Animals

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<li><b>An Ostrich,s eye is bigger than its Brain</b></li>
<li><b>Hummingbirds can fly backwards.</b></li>
<li><b>Some spiders can grow bigger in urban areas. </b></li>
<li><b>Cicadas expand and contract their exoskeletons to make their loud calls. </b></li>
<li><b>When caterpillars metamorphosize, they digest themselves into a “soup,” then reform into a butterfly. </b></li>
<li><b>The largest bat colony in the world in Bracken Cave, Texas, is believed to have20 million bats.<br /><img alt="Unbelievable facts" data-cke-saved-src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/funpedia.net_thumb.jpg?resize=668%2C443" height="424" src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/funpedia.net_thumb.jpg?resize=668%2C443" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>The sailfish can swim up to 68MPH. It is the world's fatest swimmer.</b></li>
<li><b>There’s a mammal in Australia that has sex until it disintegrates. </b></li>
<li><b>During sex, flies create a buzz that can attract predatory bats. </b></li>
<li><b>Female black widow spiders sometimes kill and eat their male counterparts after mating. </b></li>
<li><b>Female komodo dragons don’t need a male to reproduce.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEioaX1jRR2wjI9gEKbhccxWAGv-AeldwRnd4X8ed1nEqFVR98UjM2JlIYATx0LU_-MkgUKG8VHwMq_stguUYFkqYY6UJ1raFJoX5QQRtADh7Lkpac_my_r8CnDJdMqCz800w5gUevNb_pI-0gEt_zeP3mKuMoj7ORRCP2NInpFOxcPS1s71AWySMY51rVvRzBdwPww4i9Uscxa6p9Gf0N2WkP_cPAB4=" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEioaX1jRR2wjI9gEKbhccxWAGv-AeldwRnd4X8ed1nEqFVR98UjM2JlIYATx0LU_-MkgUKG8VHwMq_stguUYFkqYY6UJ1raFJoX5QQRtADh7Lkpac_my_r8CnDJdMqCz800w5gUevNb_pI-0gEt_zeP3mKuMoj7ORRCP2NInpFOxcPS1s71AWySMY51rVvRzBdwPww4i9Uscxa6p9Gf0N2WkP_cPAB4=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Bald eagles court each other in the sky. They lock talons while freefalling, then soar upward before hitting the ground. </b></li>
<li><b>Female kangaroos have three vaginas. </b></li>
<li><b>Snakes have two penises, but only use one at a time. </b></li>
<li><b>Bumblebees can sense a flower’s electric field and use it to find pollen. </b></li>
<li><b>Honeybees can taste with their feet. </b></li>
<li><b>And honey is believed to have an eternal shelf life.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEh5Z9lYho2Ok-pz4Ee8dz42Q-MKlIijFv-V6AcE5LyIq_IyuKwprR8AaKVQb88MA2MFPEENK4TATH0QZFCXOM75QcoJuF_Pr6IkdtHu5s5a-FwuBgCY-Jw_C2tPDIvD23UyQ3-d1O-uVxD0o9e88XJBOhQHBv3PcnREv5An3LX3fSR6-4rZjz5rawCo048YpcRao8kwvRoEropr=" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEh5Z9lYho2Ok-pz4Ee8dz42Q-MKlIijFv-V6AcE5LyIq_IyuKwprR8AaKVQb88MA2MFPEENK4TATH0QZFCXOM75QcoJuF_Pr6IkdtHu5s5a-FwuBgCY-Jw_C2tPDIvD23UyQ3-d1O-uVxD0o9e88XJBOhQHBv3PcnREv5An3LX3fSR6-4rZjz5rawCo048YpcRao8kwvRoEropr=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Armadillos found in the U.S. nearly always give birth to identical quadruplets. </b></li>
<li><b>Elephants are pregnant for almost two years. </b></li>
<li><b>They’re also believed to grieve for their dead.<br /><img alt="Interesting facts" data-cke-saved-src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kurakaniz_thumb.jpg?resize=655%2C545" height="532" src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kurakaniz_thumb.jpg?resize=655%2C545" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>A King Cobra can live for months without food</b></li>
<li><b>Penguins have knees. </b></li>
<li><b>Wombat poop is cube-shaped. </b></li>
<li><b>Guinea pigs are neither pigs nor from Guinea. </b></li>
<li><b>Koala bears aren’t bears: They’re marsupials.</b></li>
<li><b>On a 95-degree day, hugging a tree in the shade could help a 25-pound koalalose up to 68 percent of its extra body heat.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjbvEmB9BuEBwPmplTKqNQp7srKCH9mNRSoVyGx0QMPbFFcsA_pFvKdkdUlkFNW3UyfkfYXwcAjLDPfYGmgCPEtoAkA-WZm111YnRhfR71oaJ4TLWgJtyeEb6Yq-ebG0JUutJ6TbKmDzYRLoEb7waSL8A3_FSf1rQ8O5Yazcu6tPAdkg58oJDFfwIxAuh_2Tvi46J20RLvh1oRZBOf1HyycS7xRgc4=" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjbvEmB9BuEBwPmplTKqNQp7srKCH9mNRSoVyGx0QMPbFFcsA_pFvKdkdUlkFNW3UyfkfYXwcAjLDPfYGmgCPEtoAkA-WZm111YnRhfR71oaJ4TLWgJtyeEb6Yq-ebG0JUutJ6TbKmDzYRLoEb7waSL8A3_FSf1rQ8O5Yazcu6tPAdkg58oJDFfwIxAuh_2Tvi46J20RLvh1oRZBOf1HyycS7xRgc4=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Ostrich kicks can kill a human. </b></li>
<li><b>Male platypuses are venomous. </b></li>
<li><b>An octopus has three hearts. </b></li>
<li><b>Horned lizards can shoot blood out of their eyes to defend themselves. </b></li>
<li><b>Mantis shrimp have four times as many color receptors in their eyes as humans do. </b></li>
<li><b>Catfish use their entire bodies to taste things. </b></li>
<li><b>You can use a blue whale’s wax earplug to work out its life history. </b></li>
<li><b>Dolphins can stay active for 15 days or more by sleeping with only one half of their brain at a time.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhj0qthPNcPmWbenxqaNajqXj4g8fZwFtSuaxg_j6H2sqRLIeg4VXOaQwcfe_DyeWPJwbfqROrmZO3tKKiQT3Rf3-7ZstNWEuXo9naQgMPoWCNVJbwMCojq67qjdTOQ_JFGoGAFstAFKbb3lvrYNC8GxC8GvbAUsyVin8_sgM4gnd5U5mmbhhyphenhyphen7y8WgPacHNEiT7PiHtaOMPr5pSDLJPBjgu2Hg4Hw=" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhj0qthPNcPmWbenxqaNajqXj4g8fZwFtSuaxg_j6H2sqRLIeg4VXOaQwcfe_DyeWPJwbfqROrmZO3tKKiQT3Rf3-7ZstNWEuXo9naQgMPoWCNVJbwMCojq67qjdTOQ_JFGoGAFstAFKbb3lvrYNC8GxC8GvbAUsyVin8_sgM4gnd5U5mmbhhyphenhyphen7y8WgPacHNEiT7PiHtaOMPr5pSDLJPBjgu2Hg4Hw=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Some lobster species can live to be 50 years or older. </b></li>
<li><b>Lobsters pee out of their faces. </b></li>
<li><b>The Chinese soft-shelled turtle can expel urea, the main waste product in urine,out of its mouth. </b></li>
<li><b>Some turtles can breathe through their butts. </b></li>
<li><b>Each of a tarsier’s eyeballs is as big as its brain.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEh9aAxbba16XMH-CWtf2rAt8MZrYAblW3f5_yN8paXEyWrPQAcBsmOYrEk11xkGuR45-cBPwFWAYVfsNYtSviTufVKPg86dYBK7apUJMq74Q53w3qzcE_7DXQfK-rn_36XC7GchJYJS3eAj1r8CP3bRqM10E0wJmc8VYwXXFgSvqicPFCNcowra50N8i99uaDg0AtHToeUx7Qfy=" height="449" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEh9aAxbba16XMH-CWtf2rAt8MZrYAblW3f5_yN8paXEyWrPQAcBsmOYrEk11xkGuR45-cBPwFWAYVfsNYtSviTufVKPg86dYBK7apUJMq74Q53w3qzcE_7DXQfK-rn_36XC7GchJYJS3eAj1r8CP3bRqM10E0wJmc8VYwXXFgSvqicPFCNcowra50N8i99uaDg0AtHToeUx7Qfy=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>A group of otters is called a romp. </b></li>
<li><b>A group of rhinoceroses is called a crash. </b></li>
<li><b>A group of porcupines is called a prickle. </b></li>
<li><b>Baby porcupines have soft quills at birth, which harden within a few days.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhVzFFNt92Xx_gJwnULyDP_Xxv4lXKX4nz3I1Se15DJalgeZHtTycHsYhEaN80OwSZ5BH7m2jTASE00519CcPGaRXXQpj57q0y4SGYj7I5Fn6IZ9ilV_DMQkxEzWwnZO5OyEjHAMosCnYzvw68A9vuE3sYfCCKr7vDexjgDpy53HekJZm5iYwSI4UIQXZNvBvDLSnhd7SmMfULU0AYpDQ118-duOTE=" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhVzFFNt92Xx_gJwnULyDP_Xxv4lXKX4nz3I1Se15DJalgeZHtTycHsYhEaN80OwSZ5BH7m2jTASE00519CcPGaRXXQpj57q0y4SGYj7I5Fn6IZ9ilV_DMQkxEzWwnZO5OyEjHAMosCnYzvw68A9vuE3sYfCCKr7vDexjgDpy53HekJZm5iYwSI4UIQXZNvBvDLSnhd7SmMfULU0AYpDQ118-duOTE=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>While moms hunt, emperor penguin dads fast for weeks and protect their egg from the cold with a special flap of skin. </b></li>
<li><b>Grizzly bear dads sometimes kill cubs, so moms find dens that are far away from males. </b></li>
<li><b>Seahorse dads carry fertilized eggs in their pouch and can give birth tohundreds of babies at a time. </b></li>
<li><b>Tardigrades are the only animal we know of that can survive in the vacuum ofspace.<br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi12YEBXHL1FV-b1o_JOJFHv21jD6UFCFhc0aDQCcwmYvolK3gcJGZXBllfr_Ib5chDc0Td2SpaR_edddkICOI9eemhNVNG9JY0UYp7CcIvfpVDq33BOduP-5uNu2bDHKevy39wLqhrV_fdB8arHaP7icoTd1YQcSXyWMdqEbt87cuZGQ8IsxNbyYVSKSL1uJxU6qbdSGhSMMtVhYzpekHndlbazWg=" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi12YEBXHL1FV-b1o_JOJFHv21jD6UFCFhc0aDQCcwmYvolK3gcJGZXBllfr_Ib5chDc0Td2SpaR_edddkICOI9eemhNVNG9JY0UYp7CcIvfpVDq33BOduP-5uNu2bDHKevy39wLqhrV_fdB8arHaP7icoTd1YQcSXyWMdqEbt87cuZGQ8IsxNbyYVSKSL1uJxU6qbdSGhSMMtVhYzpekHndlbazWg=" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>Giraffes have sturdy hearts and high blood pressure, which help prevent faintingwhen they lift their heads from the ground to the sky. 46. Aging male giraffes go black instead of gray. </b></li>
<li><b>And that feeling you get when something is so cute you can’t help but want to squeeze it hard is called “cute aggression.”<br /><img alt="Strange facts" data-cke-saved-src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vustudents.ning2_thumb.jpg?resize=663%2C498" height="480" src="http://i0.wp.com/likey.today/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vustudents.ning2_thumb.jpg?resize=663%2C498" width="640" /></b></li>
<li><b>On average a Hedgehog's heart beats 300 Times a Minute.</b></li>
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50 Surprising Facts About Animals

An Ostrich,s eye is bigger than its Brain Hummingbirds can fly backwards. Some spiders can grow bigger in urban areas. Cicadas expand...

7 Fun Facts About Autumn

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90 percent of the pumpkins grown in the United States are raised within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois, according to the University of Illinois,<br />
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2. Apples</h2>
It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider, according to the University of Illinois Extension<br />
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3. Halloween candy</h2>
Americans spent $1.9 billion in 2013, according to The Nielsen Company. That’s around 600 million pounds worth of Hershey bars, lollipops, Milk Duds, Twizzlers and Clark Bars.<br />
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4. Halloween</h2>
158 million people in the United States celebrated Halloween in 2013, spending a total of $6.9 billion on candy, costumes and decorations, according to the National Retail Federation.<br />
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5. Costumes</h2>
The highest searched costumes are zombies, Batman, pirates and witches, according to Google.<br />
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6. Daylight Savings Time ends</h2>
Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. Nov. 2<br />
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7. Autumnal equinox</h2>
The September equinox occurs the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator – from north to south. This happens either on Sept. 22, 23, or 24 every year, according to TimeandDate.com. This year, it is Sept. 23.<br />
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10 interesting facts about the ozone layer

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1. The date was chosen because the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed on September 16, 1987.</div>
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2. Ozone is a pungent smelling blue gas. A molecule of ozone consists of three oxygen atoms.</div>
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3. Ozone was discovered by Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1840. He named it after the Greek for ‘to smell’ which is ‘ozein’.</div>
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4. Industrial uses of ozone include disinfection and the sanitising of swimming pool water.</div>
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5. The ‘ozone layer’ is 12-20 miles above the Earth’s surface and contains most of our ozone.</div>
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6. Ozone absorbs most of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation, which protects us and many other life forms from its potentially damaging effects.</div>
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7. Despite its beneficial effect in the atmosphere, low-level ozone does more harm than good.</div>
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8. In the First World War, ozone was used to treat gangrene and trench foot and to disinfect wounds.</div>
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9. The smell long associated with ozone in seaside air is actually that of rotting seaweed.</div>
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10. The hole in the ozone layer was discovered above the Antarctic in 1985. It has improved following a ban on the use of CFCs.</div>
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25 Facts You Should Know About the Global Water Crisis

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<li>By 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world’s population living in water-stressed regions.<br /><a href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/freshwater-crisis/">Source</a></li>
<li>780 million people live without clean drinking water.<br /><a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/interesting-water-facts/">Source</a></li>
<li>More than one-third of Africa’s population lacks access to safe drinking water.<br /><a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/interesting-water-facts/">Source</a></li>
<li>Compared to today, five times as much land is likely to be under “extreme drought” by 2050.<br /><a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/interesting-water-facts/">Source</a></li>
<li>Unless measures are taken, California will demand three times more groundwater than can be supplied over the next 100 years.<br /><a href="http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/interesting-water-facts/">Source</a></li>
<li>More than two billion people worldwide rely on wells for their water.<br /><a href="http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1724375_1552667,00.html">Source</a></li>
<li>25-33% of Chinese do not have access to safe drinking water.<br /><a href="http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1724375_1552669,00.html">Source</a></li>
<li>There will be about 1 billion more mouths to feed worldwide by 2025 and global agriculture alone will require another 1 trillion cubic meters of water per year (equal to the annual flow of 20 Niles or 100 Colorado Rivers).<br /><a href="http://www.interactioncouncil.org/world-confronts-serious-water-crisis-former-heads-government-and-experts-warn-new-report">Source</a></li>
<li>By 2035, the world’s energy consumption will increase by 35 percent, which in turn will increase water use by 15 percent according to the International Energy Agency.<br /><a href="http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/01/16/will-water-constrain-our-energy-future">Source</a></li>
<li>In 2050 increased population will result in a 19% increase in agricultural water consumption.<br /><a href="http://www.unwater.org/water-cooperation-2013/water-cooperation/facts-and-figures/en/">Source</a></li>
<li>Water demand is projected to grow by 55 percent by 2050 (including a 400-percent rise in manufacturing water demand).<br /><a href="http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/03/hot-crowded-and-running-out-of-fuel-earth-of-2050-a-scary-place/">Source</a></li>
<li>46% of the globe’s (terrestrial) surface is covered by transboundary river basins which can lead to future conflicts over water.<br /><a href="http://www.unwater.org/water-cooperation-2013/water-cooperation/facts-and-figures/en/">Source</a></li>
<li>Agriculture accounts for ~70% of global freshwater withdrawals and up to 90% in some fast-growing economies.<br /><a href="http://www.unwater.org/water-cooperation-2013/water-cooperation/facts-and-figures/en/">Source</a></li>
<li>According to satellite images, the Colorado River Basin has lost about 65 cubic kilometers (15.6 cubic miles) of water from 2004 to 2013. This is twice the amount stored in Lake Mead.<br /><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-hidden-crisis/">Source</a></li>
<li>In the US, thermoelectric power plants account for nearly 50% of all freshwater withdrawals.<br /><a href="http://pacinst.org/publication/10-shocking-facts-about-worlds-water/">Source</a></li>
<li>For decades the Ogallala Aquifer in the United States, one of the world’s largest aquifers, has tapped at rates thousands of times greater than it is being restored.<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/03/22/world-water-day-a-forceful-reminder-that-the-u-s-is-running-out-of-fresh-water/">Source</a></li>
<li>About 4.5 billion people globally – already live within 50km of an “impaired” water resource – one that is running dry, or polluted.<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/may/24/global-majority-water-shortages-two-generations">Source</a></li>
<li>Over the past 40 years the world’s population has doubled and use of water has quadrupled.<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18353963">Source</a></li>
<li>Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest number of water-stressed countries of any region.<br /><a href="http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/scarcity.shtml">Source</a></li>
<li>While it takes about 12 gallons per day to sustain a human the average American uses about 158 gallons.<br /><a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/run-out-of-water1.htm">Source</a></li>
<li>According to the U.S. Intelligence Community Assessment of Global Water Security, by 2030 humanity’s “annual global water requirements” will exceed “current sustainable water supplies” by 40%.<br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/the-coming-global-water-crisis/256896/">Source</a></li>
<li>The global middle class will surge from 1.8 to 4.9 billion by 2030, which will result in a significant increase in freshwater consumption.<br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/05/the-coming-global-water-crisis/256896/">Source</a></li>
<li>By 2050, 1 in 5 developing countries will face water shortages (UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization).<br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2012/1202/Global-water-crisis-too-little-too-much-or-lack-of-a-plan">Source</a></li>
<li>Half of the global population lives in countries where water tables are rapidly falling.<br /><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2012/1202/Global-water-crisis-too-little-too-much-or-lack-of-a-plan">Source</a></li>
<li>By the year 2040 there will not be enough water in the world to quench the thirst of the world population and keep the current energy and power solutions going if we continue doing what we are doing today.<br /><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140729093112.htm">Source</a></li>
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10 Most Terrifying Creatures That Once Lived On The Earth

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The animal kingdom has always surprised us with some pretty formidable creatures but these extinct <a href="http://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2013/08/9-bizarre-animals-created-by-science.html">animals</a> are something out of our worst nightmares. They were larger and more vicious than the scary animals we know today and it might be hard to believe that they actually existed. We might not have the chance to see them today but we should know them, just in case they ever return.<br />
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1. Carbonemys<br />
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The name Carbonemys means “carbon turtle”. It was a carnivorous the size of a Volkswagen. Its head was bigger than a football and its beak razor sharp which made it easy to slice through other animals with ease.(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonemys">source</a>)<br />
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2. Arthropleura<br />
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It’s perhaps one of the well known nopes in history. The Arthropleura was a giant millipede that was the size of a car. It could be found mostly in carboniferous forests but was mostly vegetarian and fed on rotting matter.(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropleura">source</a>)<br />
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3. Brontoscorpio<br />
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Scorpions have existed in different forms for over 400 million years and were the true definition of badass because they could grow large. Like really LARGE. Massive would be a better word for it. The Brontoscorpio had a lightbulb size stinger and was a meter long. It was a sea scorpion but with gills and was one of the first animals to crawl out of the sea!(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontoscorpio">source</a>)<br />
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4. Jaekelopterus<br />
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The Jaekelopterus makes the Brontoscorpio look like a small puppy. It was the size of a crocodile and with an appetite to match. The Jaekelopterus ravaged sea scorpions, ammonites, ancient fish…. Basically, anything in its wake was on the menu. It was in fact one of the largest scorpions in history.(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaekelopterus">source</a>)<br />
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5. Anomalocaris<br />
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Anomalocaris means “abnormal shrimp”, which is rather creepy. It’s the smallest on this list but don’t be fooled- it grew to the size of an arm! It was also the largest of the anomalocarids species.(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris">source</a>)<br />
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6. Pulmonoscorpius<br />
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This is another giant scorpion. It grew to the size of the Brontoscorpio but with a smaller stinger and every bit as voracious. The Plumonoscorpius was terrestrial.(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonoscorpius">source</a>)<br />
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7. Cameroceras<br />
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You could call the Cameroceras, the ancient ancestor of octopi and squids. It had a 12 meter shell that made it move slower but it was powerful enough to take down ancient predatory fish and sea scorpions.(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroceras">source</a>)<br />
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8. Kaprosuchus<br />
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No one ever wants to come face to face with a crocodile, especially a hungry one. They are pretty scary. They have mastered the art of hunting and like to stay in the shallows of rivers and lakes where they grab prey from the shores. They rarely venture far from water and that’s a good thing. <br />
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The Kaprosuchus however is an all terrain animal. Its name means “boar crocodile’ due to its long chompers. This six meter long killing machine could do what a crocodile can do but better. It could wait in water and attack but could also run on land. No luck for any living thing whether in water or on land. Oh, and dinosaurs presented no challenge- it could kill them too!(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaprosuchus">source</a>)<br />
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9. Titanoboa<br />
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Image Source: <a href="http://museum.unl.edu/titanoboa/">www.museum.unl.edu</a><br />
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These days snakes are pretty small. The green anaconda is the largest so far and the reticulated python is the longest. <a href="http://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2013/01/titanoboa-worlds-giant-snake.html">The Tinatoboa</a> would have feasted on them so fast. It measured over 12 meters lengthwise and was the size of a T.rex. It ate mostly giant crocodiles and turtles and lived right after the extinction of dinosaurs but ruled the earth just like they did.(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanoboa">source</a>)<br />
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10. Livyatan melvillei<br />
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You've heard of the megalodon. The giant shark everyone is scared of because it has teeth the size of a hand. Well, this whale trumps it.<br />
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The Livyatan got its name from the biblical monster, you know, the one God had to kill? (It’s also in ‘Moby Dick’.) Its teeth were a foot long, grew larger than the megalodon and hunted anything in its wake. Beaked whales, baleen whales, porpoises, dolphins, sea turtles, sharks, sea birds and seals were all part of its diet.(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livyatan_melvillei">source</a>)<br />
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With a cold front moving into the region this week, farmers are watching the impact on their crops, a South Dakota official says.<br />
Daytime temperatures are forecast to plummet from a predicted high of 83 degrees today (Monday) to 53 degrees Thursday. Meanwhile, overnight lows are forecast to plunge to 44 degrees Wednesday and 38 degrees Thursday.<br />
Crops should have received enough heat units—the accumulated degrees of warmth—to make it through the cold snap, according to South Dakota state climatologist Dennis Todey.<br />
“For most producers, the concern now is how much more heat in the fall and when the freeze comes,” he said. “Down in (the Yankton) area, most people should be OK unless something odd happens with a freeze. There are a few folks who either planted late or replanted, and they’ll lose acres. But that shouldn’t be widespread.”<br />
Southeast South Dakota and northeast Nebraska have experienced a cool, wet summer, Todey said. August and early September have produced warmer days, helping with crop maturity, he added.<br />
However, conditions will reverse with the arrival of the new weather front.<br />
“We’re watching this cold pool coming south the end of the week,” he said. “Your area (around Yankton) shouldn’t have a problem other than being cold.”<br />
The National Weather Service (NWS) calls for the cold front allowing for additional thunderstorms.<br />
The best chance for severe storm activity will likely occur late Tuesday afternoon and evening. Large hail and strong winds appear the largest hazards. However, locally heavy rain appears possible as well.<br />
Tuesday afternoon, the incoming system could produce an isolated severe storm toward Sioux Falls and Yankton.<br />
The NWS forecast calls for 80 percent chance of thunderstorms Tuesday and 70 percent chance of showers Tuesday night, dropping to 40 percent Wednesday and 30 percent Wednesday night and Thursday.<br />
The seasonal change raises new concerns about heat units and growing-degree days, the warmth accumulated during a growing season. A growing-degree day isn’t the same as a 24-hour day. Instead, the figure provides a measure of crop maturity between planting time and the first killing frost. For example, corn develops faster during warmer temperatures and slower during cooler temperatures.<br />
Growing degree days are calculated by subtracting a base temperature from the average of the maximum and minimum temperatures for the day, according to South Dakota State University (SDSU). Corn doesn’t grow much at temperatures of 50-55 degrees, so 50 degrees is often used as the base temperature for corn. On the other hand, 86 degrees is often used as the maximum temperature.<br />
The sum of these “heat units” for each calendar day of the growing season provides a figure ranging from 2,300 to 3,000 in South Dakota, according to SDSU officials. The figure helps pin down the maturity period or rating of corn.<br />
Yankton’s season consists of approximately 3,000 growing degree days. The figure is based on May 2 planting and the Oct. 19 average date for the first killing frost, when the temperature drops to 28 degrees half the time.<br />
According to the NWS, last Saturday’s heat unit readings were running 111 growing degree days ahead of normal for Norfolk and 7 growing degree days ahead of normal for Sioux Falls, the closest reporting stations for Yankton.<br />
Looking ahead, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is forecasting a banner harvest for the Husker State. Corn and soybean progress are near average with slightly more than 70 percent of both crops in good to excellent condition.<br />
“Dryland and irrigated yields are likely to be well above average at a majority of sites,” the report said. “While the risk of an early-killing frost is high at northern locations in the Corn Belt, the projected yield impact has diminished during the last two weeks due to warmer temperatures.”<br />
The cool, wet summer could lead to crop moisture issues, according to Laura Edwards with SDSU Extension.<br />
“Our long-term trends in the fall season show later freeze dates and wetter climate for September through November,” she wrote. “This could mean that high moisture crops may be a concern this harvest as delayed growth and maturity has been reported across the cropping areas this year.”<br />
The upcoming cold snap doesn’t necessarily mean an early freeze, Edwards said.<br />
“As for the most popular question: Will the hard freeze occur?” she said. “It’s too early to say for sure, but we don’t expect it anytime in the next couple of weeks.”<br />
With two weeks remaining for summer, 2014 will already go down as one for the record books, Todey said.<br />
“Your summer (in Yankton), from June through August, had five days at 90 degrees or above,” he said. “That’s the second lowest number on record after 1992.”<br />
Most of the summer remained cooler than normal for the Yankton region, Todey said.<br />
“The summer average temperature was 70.7 degrees, the 16th coolest on record,” he said. “Oddly, the August temperature was right close to average at 72.5 degrees, just 0.4 degrees below average.”<br />
The summer also produced high rainfall totals, Todey said.<br />
Yankton recorded 18.16 inches of precipitation this summer, third most behind 2010 and 1944. In addition, Yankton recorded 4.45 inches in August, the 22nd wettest on record and 1.48 inches above average.<br />
With the moisture, the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor report shows no dry or drought conditions in southeast South Dakota and northeast Nebraska.<br />
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