Jess_29 on SmartJay

Yesss 😭✨ Here are 15 more fun facts,some are genuinely wild: 🦖 T. rex lived closer in time to humans than to Stegosaurus. 🐧 Penguins propose with pebbles—some males offer stones to females as part of courtship. 🧂 Salt was once used as currency in parts of the ancient world. 🐨 Koalas have fingerprints that are surprisingly similar to human fingerprints. 🦋 Butterflies taste with their feet. 🐱 Cats can't taste sweetness because they lack the necessary taste receptor. 🐘 Elephants can recognize themselves in mirrors, something only a small number of animals have demonstrated. 🦇 Bats are the only mammals capable of true sustained flight. 🐝 Bees can recognize human faces by learning patterns of facial features. 🌙 The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth—about 3.8 cm per year. 🧊 Ice can be extremely slippery, partly because pressure and friction can create a thin layer of water at the surface. 🦒 Giraffes have seven neck vertebrae, the same number humans have. 🐋 A blue whale's heart can weigh hundreds of kilograms. 🥕 Carrots weren't always orange. Purple, white, yellow and other varieties existed before orange carrots became widespread. 🍍 Pineapples take a long time to grow—often around 18–24 months. Follow me for moreeeeeeee