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5 Weird Tidbits for the Day

• A man once built a functional bike from bamboo – In 2024, a Vietnamese craftsman rode a bamboo bicycle 100 miles, held together with resin and twine, before it splintered.

• There’s a shrimp that lives in jellyfish oral arms – The tiny mysid shrimp hides among jellyfish feeding tentacles, stealing bits of plankton while avoiding stings.

• A town in Croatia has a festival for throwing figs – In Split, locals toss figs in a summer contest, coating streets in sweet, sticky splatter.

• Some beetles use their shells to mimic seaweed – The kelp beetle’s wavy shell blends into ocean algae, dodging predators with its aquatic camouflage.

• A medieval cure for toothaches was rubbing with a badger’s paw – People scraped their gums with a badger’s paw, believing its “digging strength” would claw out pain—furry and futile.

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