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[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

Every 60 second that pass in America, 

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One minute passes in Africa

 

[Straw he/him]

The Vatican City is an absolute monarchy. Due to this, the Vatican City is not allowed to join the European Union.

Greenland is more southern, eastern, northern, and western than Iceland.

If California was independent, it would have the world's fifth highest GDP.

The inventor of the frisbee had his ashes mixed into plastic and made into frisbees.

A polar bear's liver contains between 24,000 and 35,000 IU per gram (vitamin A). The tolerable upper limit for vitamin A intake for a healthy adult is only 10,000 IU (vitamin A).

Q is the only letter that does not appear in the name of any U.S. state.

The French Scrabble champion doesn't speak French.

Edited June 26, 2019 by Straw

[Kestrel she/her]

Birds have a muscle attached to every feather of their body. They can fluff their feathers to trap in heat or let cool air flow through.

Owls are not the only birds that can turn their heads almost all the way around. In fact, most, if not all, raptors can.

Owls do not have muscles in their eyes. Their eyes are so big in their skull that there's no room for muscle, not to mention they are also shaped more like cones, not spheres. So they cannot move their pupils, and have to turn their heads to see. If your eyes were the size of an owl's, they'd be the size of a softball in your skull.

Owls also do not have symmetrical ears. They have one higher than the other. This gives them a great range of hearing; they can hear both side to side, and up and down and pinpoint exactly where the sound comes from.

Barn owls have the best hearing out of any owl and can hear a human heartbeat from ten feet away. They can also hunt in total darkness.