For example, if strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods. A male emperor moth can smell a female emperor moth up to 7 miles away. George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
Some insects can live up to a year without their heads.
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. Every person has a unique tongue print. Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep. Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be retarded.