A recent study found that the risk of peanut allergies drops by 77% if peanuts are introduced into a baby's diet between 5 and 6 months of age.

Globally, on average, more than 10 percent of marriages are between first or second cousins.

Research has found that putting a smiley face emoji on a bill can bolster the average restaurant server’s tip by 11%.

In 2022, the California Supreme Court ruled that bumble bees could be classified as a protected species because they met the state’s legal definition of 'fish.'

In captivity, ravens can learn to talk better than some parrots. They also mimic a variety of sounds, like car engines, toilets flushing, and other animal and bird calls.

About 1 in 10,000 people (0.01%) are born with situs inversus, a rare condition where internal organs are arranged in a mirror-image reversal, with the heart and stomach on the right and the liver on the left.

Flowers communicate with bumblebees using electricity. If a flower hasn’t been visited recently, it emits static that tugs at tiny hairs on a bee’s back, signaling available nectar.