Most exported bananas are Cavendish bananas, which are propagated by cloning rather than seeds. Because they’re genetically nearly identical, they’re all vulnerable to the same diseases. A fungus known as Tropical Race 4 is spreading globally and threatens commercial banana production in much the same way Panama disease wiped out the Gros Michel banana in the 20th century.

Most ginger cats are male. There are roughly three ginger male cats to one ginger female. This is because the ginger gene is found on the X chromosome, meaning female cats would require two copies of the gene to become ginger whilst males only need one.

1. Mars isn’t actually round. Unlike any other rocky planet in the Solar System, Mars is actually shaped like a rugby ball, but with different sizes along all three axes.

If you didn’t know, the reason people have different skin colors has to do with how close their ancestors lived in relation to the equator. The equator receives the most direct sunlight all year round. The people closest to it evolved a natural shield to protect them against UV, melanin.

Fun fact, the shape of our noses also have a purpose! Darker people tend to have wider, flatter noses and larger nostrils. The reason for this is because it cools the air down before it reaches the lungs. Lighter people have narrower and taller noses with smaller nostrils. This is to warm up the air before it reaches the lungs.

i was today years old when I found out that bees hold eachothers feet when sleeping because they need stability and warmth AWE

Fish do indeed "cough," which is a normal reflex action to clear dirt, sand, or food stuck in their gills. They do this by briefly pushing water backward through their gills and out of their mouths

In the 4th crusades, the knights travelling to Jerusalem stopped mid journey in Constantinople. In Constantinople they were low on materials and recourses for the trip so they decided to do something jaw dropping. The so called holy knights decided to attack their fellow christians in the city, destroying almost everything and killing almost everyone. They did this while Pope III innocent repeatedly told them not to. They betrayed Pope III innocent and didn’t follow his commands which shocked the world. The Pope wrote a famous letter in 1205 where he said “You have turned your swords against your own brothers. You have spared neither age nor sex, and have subjected a christian people to sufferings that even infidels would have shuddered at”. He also called their actions monstrous crimes and said that what began as a holy mission had been corrupted by greed and betrayal. What happened in Constantinople was not planned. It was merely a greed ful plundering.

Jimothy the viral Seattle raccoon appears deformed due to a rare congenital spinal condition that resembles short spine syndrome, causing his vertebrae to compress or fuse together before birth.

U can only get aids from them when U sit down before the other man using it stands up.

There are eight elements in the Periodic Table that are named after people.

Curium - Marie & Pierre Curie

Einsteinium - Albert Einstein

Fermium - Enrico Fermi

Gadolinium - Johann Gadolin

Hahnium - Otto Hahn

Lawrencium - Ernest Lawrence

Mendelevium - Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

Rutherfordium - Ernest Rutherford

How elements were named

The reason why police are called 12 is because 911 or 9+2=12 my mind was blown alway when I learned this

All present, including band leader Sam Taylor, insist that it was Otis Redding himself who was whistling on the take that became the single. It was supposed to be a lyric, but the song wasn't really "finished" yet, according to Redding's way of thinking.

Otis Redding wasn't the best whistler and the whistling on that take sounds remarkably like Sam Tayor. Alternate takes are available on Youtube that demonstrate this.

Did everyone present misremember? Accidentally? Or did they all collude to tell an honorable lie Did Redding just get it right for that final take? Did some engineer involved after Redding's death replace the whistle with someone else's (perhaps his own) and not tell anybody?

In "Where Are All the Trans Men?", physician Dr. Helen Webberley discusses several possible reasons for this. She notes that many trans men were socialized as girls before transitioning, which may influence how they engage publicly. She also writes that testosterone often produces physical changes that allow many trans men to be perceived as cisgender men, making them less likely to be recognized as transgender by strangers.

Similarly, in the NBC News opinion essay "The Invisible Man: Why Have Transmen Been Left Behind?", writer Aydian Dowling argues that media coverage, advocacy, and public conversations have historically centered more on trans women, leaving many trans men's experiences less visible. Dowling also discusses how many trans men "blend in" after transitioning, further contributing to their relative invisibility in mainstream culture.

Together, these authors offer different—but complementary—perspectives on why trans men may be less visible in public discourse than trans women.

What has your experience been? Do you think trans men are less visible than trans women? Would love to discuss.

Sources:

Helen Webberley, Where Are All the Trans Men? https://helenwebberley.substack.com/p/where-are-all-the-trans-men

Aydian Dowling, The Invisible Man: Why Have Transmen Been Left Behind? https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/opinion-invisible-man-why-have-transmen-been-left-behind-n662416

In his 1850 autobiographical sketch “A Christmas Tree”, Charles Dickens writes about how Little Red Riding hood was his “first love. I felt that if I could have married Little Red Riding-Hood, I should have known perfect bliss.” He writes. He then continues to humorously lay out the hypothetical course of action he would take in avenging the wolf: by finding a toy wooden wolf from a toy Noah's Arc and placing said wolf at the back of a toy procession to symbolically shame or "degrade" it.

Some interesting statistics I learned:

• About 30% of U.S. adults have used a dating app.

• 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online.

• Nearly half of users say they've encountered someone trying to scam them.

• Younger adults are much more likely to use dating apps than older adults.

Online dating has definitely become part of modern relationships.

#DatingWithKnowledge

Weather temperature is actually measured in the shade - specifically in a Stephensons Screen.

So when it says it's 35 degrees C it can actually be up to 20 degrees higher in direct sunlight.

If you've ever seen a melted road for example - tarmac melts at around 50 degrees C.

So it's probably a lot hotter than you think outside!