Fascinating Discoveries: Jellyfish Leather, Nobel Prize Mysteries, and the Giant Fungus

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1. Leather from the Deep

• Leather can be made from jellyfish

• Normal leather comes from killing land animals

• This causes ethical and environmental problems

• There are lots of jellyfish in the oceans

• Some clever people are now making leather from jellyfish

2. The Longest Twin Birth Interval

• Most twins are born 30-40 minutes apart

• The longest time between twin births is 90 days

• This happened with fraternal twins named Molly and Benjamin West

3. The Irrevocable Nobel Prize

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• Many awards can be taken back if the winner cheated

• The Nobel Peace Prize is different

• Once given, it can't be taken away

• This is part of the Nobel Foundation's rules

• This applies even if problems are found later

4. Carbon in the Human Body

• The human body has about 14 kilograms of carbon

• This amount of carbon could make about 9,000 pencils

5. The World's Largest Living Creature

• The world's largest living thing is a fungus

• It's called Armillaria Ostoyae fungus

• It's 100 to 200 times bigger than a blue whale

• It covers 2,400 acres of land and this is as big as 40 cricket stadiums

• It lives underground in a forest in Oregon, USA

• It grows under the soil and trees

6. The Mola Mola Fish

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• The mola mola fish is also called the ocean sunfish.

• This fish can carry around 300 million eggs at one time.

• The mola mola fish produces the highest number of eggs of any vertebrate.

• The fish releases all 300 million eggs into the water.

• The eggs are then fertilized by the fish's sperm in the water.

7. The Remarkable Growth of Chinese Bamboo

• Chinese bamboo is known for being very strong.

• If you plant it today, it stays underground for five years without growing.

• After five years, it suddenly breaks through the ground.

• In just five weeks, it grows to be 90 feet tall.

• This is like a metaphor for life.

• You may work hard and keep going for a long time without seeing results.

• But then, suddenly, you see big results from all your hard work and patience.

8. The Secret Behind Popular Fast Food Chains

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• You have probably seen restaurants like KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger Grill.

• You might be surprised to learn that all of these are owned by the same big company.

• The parent company is called Yum! Brands.

• Yum! Brands is an American company that owns many fast food chains.

• Even the employees at those restaurants may not know they work for the same larger company.

9. The Great Emu War of Australia

• In late 1932, Australia saw an unusual conflict called the Great Emu War.

• The Australian army fought against a large group of emus (big flightless birds).

• The emus were eating and ruining crop fields when there was not much farm land.

• The army used machine guns and killed around 2,500 emus.

• However, the emu population kept growing and increasing, showing how hard it is to control wildlife using military force.

10. The "Oh My God" Particle

• There is something called the "Oh My God" particle.

• It is a very high-energy cosmic ray (beam of energy from space).

• It was detected on October 15, 1991 in the USA.

• A camera system called Fly's Eye detected it.

• It got its name because it had extremely high energy - 320 exa-electron volts.

• Scientists are not certain where the particle came from originally.

• The most likely theory is it resulted from galaxies colliding together.

• Even though it had immense energy, it did not cause any harm to Earth.