Obscure facts ya know!

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Fingers don’t have muscles. The only muscles in your fingers are the ones that make your finger hair stand up when you get goose bumps. The 34 muscles that actually move your fingers are all located in your palm and forearm.

The flap of a hummingbird's wings can sound like a jet plane to certain animals.

America’s Founding Fathers initially had no political parties because they tried to avoid the vicious fighting they’d witnessed within the British government, and they aimed to focus on electing the best candidate for presidency instead of becoming divided over greed-driven competitions.

Bears can smell meat over miles and miles.

Mushrooms (not the drug, though) are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.

^?! How does that work out?

^ I'm not sure.

A librocubicularist is a person who reads in bed.

^I read on my bed, does that count?

What do you mean "not the drug"?

The hallucinogenic "mushroom" drug comes from a particular species of mushroom that is a true mushroom. So the drug is included in what you're talking about ( mushrooms are funguses , and funguses are a separate kingdom from both plants and animals, but are actually slightly closer to animals in biochemistry and evolution than to plants, even though we all think of mushrooms as plants and put them into salads).

^Wow. That's...interesting.

Ferrets sleep for an average of 16 hours per day.

Also, here's an extract from a Wikipedia article:


If excited, they may perform a behaviour called the "weasel war dance", characterized by frenzied sideways hops, leaps and bumping into nearby objects. Despite its common name, it is not aggressive but is a joyful invitation to play. It is often accompanied by a unique soft clucking noise, commonly referred to as "dooking". When scared, ferrets will hiss; when upset, they squeak softly.

I can't believe this

Aw

House cats and lions also have similar sleeping habits.

A group of ferrets is called a ""business"".. Kinda explains the current US presidential situation!

A group of crows is a 'murder'.