Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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In 2002, Kenyan Maasai tribespeople donated 14 cows to the US to help with the aftermath of 9/11.
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An African Baobab tree in South Africa, known as Big Baobab, has a circumference of 154 feet and even has a bar inside the trunk that can fit 60 people.
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