.. things I learnt this year

Random things I learn't this year.

1. Flamingos arn't born pink
They are born white and turn pink after eating lots of shrimp.

2. When lightning hits sand it creates glass sculptures.

3. In 1957 the BBC did April fools joke convincing the world that spaghetti trees were real

4. The Sydney opera house opened 10 years later than scheduled.

5. The biggest ferris wheel is 550 feet tall and is in Las Vegas

6. Dark patterns are a thing and we should know about them.

7. A swede is made from a turnip and a cabbage.

8. Computer mice were first made of wood.

9. There is a bird called elephant bird and it was huge.

10. There are major reasons why humans sleep with some form of a blanket and its because we cannot regulate body temperature well during rem sleep. Article about it. 

11. The difference between a mountain and a hill is only how hard it is to climb. No natural difference.

12. Oxford uni has a glass floor sports hall that changes lines with l.e.d.s pretty cool.

13. Php 7 is cool and everyone should use it, phan is also very cool.

14. When a bee is tired (usally lay on the floor) you can feed it with 2 table spoons of granulated white sugar and 1 table spoon of water mixed together then leave it on a spoon near a bee so it can eat it and get energy.

15. Octal numbers what they are and how they work with binary.

16. A flock of crows is called a murder.

17. Runner beans are purple.

18. Bread is actually really bad for ducks.

19. Wood wool is cool

20.Strawberries contain around 200 seeds each and are a member of the rose family.

21. Wisdom teeth - Anthropologists believe wisdom teeth, or the third set of molars, were the evolutionary answer to our ancestor’s early diet of coarse, rough food – like leaves, roots, nuts and meats – which required more chewing power and resulted in excessive wear of the teeth. 

22. In chess Check mate means the king is dead.

And Thats it! I thought there would be more and these are pretty random so hope you enjoyed!