The phrase "it's never too late to learn" isn't just a cliché. To many, it's a motto guiding them forward.
For example, the Pew Research Center found that 73% of American adults consider themselves to be lifelong learners, and 74% are so-called personal learners; that is, they have read specialized material, taken courses, or attended events in the past 12 months tied to learning more about their personal interests.
80% of personal learners say their pursuit of knowledge is motivated by the desire to make their days more interesting and full. So what do you say we try and join them to see if it works?
We can start with a Reddit thread, created by platform user KnightsWhoSayKni, that invited everyone to share their favorite obscure animal facts, which is full of interesting trivia not too many of us are familiar with.
#21
A narwhals “horn” is actually an overgrown canine tooth. Also some narwhals can have 2 “horns”!!
70points
#22
Polar bears are so efficient at storing Vitamin A, consuming polar bear liver can cause death....one polar bear liver contains enough Vitamin A to kill 52 adult humans.
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69points
#25
Both animal and plant fact.
Avocados were evolved to be eaten by the giant ground sloth. Imagine a sloth, but so massive it could only live on the ground. The flesh attracted the sloth and the very large seed was "designed" to travel through their intestinal tract for re-seeding or whatever plants do.
Humans killed the sloth but loved the avo. We domesticated the avo to increase the yummy flesh. The pit has gotten smaller but is still very large. Whenever you eat an avo, think of the long extinct giant sloth.
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59points
#26
There's a thing called a deer mouse that is a type of mouse and a mouse-deer which is like a minature deer.
Mouse-deers are freaking adorable.
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57points
#28
Armadillos are the only animals aside from humans that can contact and spread leprosy
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48points
#29
There aren't a lot of bees in Australia, so for pollenation plants relied on birds. Birds see the colour red better, which in turn increased the flora reproduction rate - this is why a lot of plants are red in Australia.
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44points
#30
Porcupines climb trees and come down backwards and use their tail to feel for the ground. Sometimes their tail will hit a branch and they will think it is the ground and so they will jump off and impale themselves. Over time they evolved to have antibiotics in their quills so when they fall out of trees they don't die.
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36points
