Facts

Published March 30, 2019

Baby octopuses

A baby octopus is the size of a flea when it is born. You would think that it would make them hard to spot. However, since the eggs are laid by the tens of thousands it would be hard to miss a massive cluster of pea-sized octopuses.


Movie trailers

Movie trailers were originally shown after the movies, which is why they were called trailers. But the problem with showing them after the movie was that the audience wouldn’t stay to watch them, making the trailers rather ineffective.


Kangaroo’s hop

If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it will not be able to hop. It is because kangaroos use their tail for balance whilst hopping, so if their tail is elevated they would have no balance and fall over.

Published in Dawn, Young World, March 30th, 2019

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