Random Fact Sheet #245 – 30 Facts That Will Leave You Begging for More

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26Lupines

Lupines

Lupines can signal to a bee that the pollen rewards are gone or almost gone. After pollination occurs, the petals change color as a way of saying “no more here, try the next flower…” This re-directs the bee to a flower that needs pollination. 


27. Emperor Taizu of Song invited all the general officers to a lavish banquet where he convinced them all to retire as military leaders in favor of a luxurious lifestyle. None of them refused his terms, and thus began a period of relative internal peace within the realm of the Song dynasty.


28. Products made in Japan were ridiculed and thought to be of low quality until 1950 when The New York Times reported the excellence of Nikon cameras during the Korean War with the headline "Japanese camera."


29. In the midst of anti-Vietnam War protests, President Richard Nixon left the White House to talk to the protesters face-to-face. When the Secret Service grew concerned for his safety, he told them to wait.


30. Samsung tests phone durability in a dedicated testing facility, which has a butt-shaped robot that’s designed to sit on Samsung phones over and over again to test durability and bending.

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