Ludicrous but true...

[missy]

What crazy things have you observed/seen/read about that you cannot believe are true but are?

I'll start

1. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00134-8/fulltext

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Man Gets 217 COVID Shots​

No needle phobia here: a 62-year-old German man reportedly received 217 COVID-19 vaccinationsopens in a new tab or window over 29 months "deliberately and for private reasons," researchers said. (Lancet Infectious Diseases)

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2. Supermarket apples can be a year old

"Are those apples you just bought actually a year old? Maybe! Farmers often pick apples in the fall, cover them in wax, hot-air dry them, and then put them in cold storage. This keeps them edible and ready to sell for 6 to 12 months!

Source: This Is the Gross Truth About the Apples You’re Buying at the Supermarket at Reader’s Digest"


Your turn...what are some crazy facts you can share with us?

 

[Matata]

Nearly everything about the topic we're not allowed to talk about.

 

[missy]

Another cuckoo fact lol

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Cicadas could pee on you this spring with 'strongest urine jet stream'​

by JULIA VARNIER | The National Desk
Tue, March 19th 2024 at 5:02 PM
Updated Tue, March 19th 2024 at 5:04 PM

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: A cicada, known as a semi in Japan, is seen in a tree near to the Ariake tennis arena on day 9 of the Tokyo Olympic Games on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Without the noises and cheering of spectators in the stadiums and arenas due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the high-frequency sound of the cicada has been the background noise of the Olympic Games in Japan. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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(TND) — When the ground temperature hits 64 degrees Fahrenheit this Spring, the New York Times reports that trillions of cicadas will dig their way up from beneath the soil across the United States.
Cicadas, known for their distinctive features and signature mating call, also have another interesting fact about them. As they are flying or sitting in a tree, they could end up urinating on you.
The creatures eliminate waste in the form of urine, and with more force than their size would suggest, according to the New York Times. The article also notes that scientists recently revealed the insects hold the record for “strongest urine jet stream” of any studied animal close to their size.

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: A cicada, known as a semi in Japan, is seen in a tree near to the Ariake tennis arena on day 9 of the Tokyo Olympic Games on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Without the noises and cheering of spectators in the stadiums and arenas due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the high-frequency sound of the cicada has been the background noise of the Olympic Games in Japan. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The New York Times reports that cicadas drink 300 times their weight in xylem, or plant sap, every day and that they can shoot their urine about 3 meters, or about 10-feet, a second.


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The Environmental Protection Agency says the animals are "generally harmless". Cicadas are not poisonous or venomous and will not eat leaves, flowers, fruits, or garden produce, so it is not necessary to take special precautions to cover or apply additionalinsecticides in your garden.

Brood XIX, the largest periodical cicada group, is set to emerge in mid-May 2024 in: central and southern Illinois, most of Missouri and scattered areas of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. These types of cicadas emerge every 13 years.


Another cicada brood known as Brood XIII will be surfacing in northern Illinois, but also as parts of Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin. These types of cicadas emerges every 17 years.


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