#1 Bioplastics Made From Avocado Pits That Completely Biodegrade In 240 Days Created By Mexican Chemical Engineering Company 🥑
These listicles often have me doing a deep dive into the facts and stories, and getting lost in a rabbit hole of interesting information. This time, a few of the posts caught my attention. The one about tigers appearing green really had me questioning all that I once believed to be true. And whether I might be color-blind.
I was intrigued, and relieved, to read that tigers are in fact, orange. To humans at least. But I honestly had no idea, until now, that they're sort of like the chameleons of wild animals. Well, not quite. But almost.
The Lions, Tigers & Bears site explains it this way: "Tigers appear orange to humans because most of us are trichromatic (or sensitive to all three primary colors). But boars, deer, and other tiger prey are dichromatic and only pick up green and blue light. They’re effectively colorblind to red, like some people. This means that they cannot distinguish between red-orange tones and green tones. So, an orange tiger, to the prey’s detriment, will seamlessly blend into the forest backdrop."
Damn, that's interesting.
#2 For The First Time In Its Entire History, The United States Has A Native American, Native Alaskan, And Native Hawaiian Serving In The House Of Representatives
#3 Syrian Archaeologist Khaled Al Asaad Who Devoted His Life To The Excavation And Restoration Of Palmyra, A Unesco World Heritage Site. He Was Beheaded By Isis After Refusing To Disclose The Location Of Ancient Artifacts, Despite A Month Of T*****e. He Died A Hero Of Heritage Protection
#5 Mike Ilitch, The Founder Of Little Caesar’s, Quietly Paid For Rosa Parks’ Rent After Learning She Had Been Robbed And Assaulted In Her Home At The Age Of 81 In 1994. He Helped Her Move To A Safer Neighborhood And Continued To Pay Her Rent Until She Died In 2005
#6 Italian Photographer, Valerio Minato, Spends 6 Years Capturing The Perfect Moon, Mountain, And Basilica Alignment
#7 Miriam Rodriguez Hunted Down 10 Members Of The Cartel That Kidnapped Her 20-Year-Old Daughter. She Stalked Them One By One Across Mexico Until They Were Either Dead Or In Prison
#8 A Million People Gathered To Protest In Central Seoul And Cleaned Up After Themselves Before They Left
#9 My Ancestor King Billy (Left), Known For Being The Last "Full-Blooded" Aboriginal Man In The Colony Of Tasmania. Me (Right) Born In America 150 Years Later
#10 Brazilian Man Left His Car Window Open Overnight. The Following Morning He Found A Sloth Hanging From The Steering Wheel
#11 A Statue Of A Woman Named Danuta Danielsson In Sweden Who Became A Hero In 1985
#13 Andrew Myrick, A Trader Who Told Starving Dakota To "Eat Grass Or Dung" Was K****d On The First Day Of The Dakota War Of 1862. His Head Was Cut Off, And His Mouth Was Stuffed With Grass
#14 The Canadian Naval Diving Academy Celebrates Graduation By Taking Their Class Picture Underwater
#15 French Artist “Ememem”paves Cracks And Holes With Mosaics. This Is Also Known As “Flacking”
#16 Mother And Child With Poliosis, A Hereditary White Streak In Their Hair
#17 Nasa Just Dropped Some Of The Sharpest Images Of Jupiter To Date
#18 In 2018, A Group Of Seven Friends In China Purchased And Renovated A Three And A Half Storey House For Approximately $580k So That They Could Spend The Rest Of Their Lives Together After Retirement
#19 Saudi Arabia Has Deployed Solar-Powered Laser Beacons In The Al Nafud Desert To Guide Lost Travelers To Water Sources
#20 White Orca Photographed Off The Coast - Hokkaido, Japan - Credit To Hayakawa
