Thats Longer Than Your insect
Measuring over a foot long, a stick bug from the island of Borneo sets the record of the world’s longest insect, scientists said Thursday.
Measuring over a foot long, a stick bug from the island of Borneo sets the record of the world’s longest insect, scientists said Thursday.
I’m not familiar with a vegetable called a marrow (it seems to be some kind of squash), but this one is apparently the biggest ever at 113 pounds! There were lots of huge vegetables at a giant vegetable show in England.
The skin is craggy and dark, indicating it might not make the best offering at dinner, but it overtook the current world record by a whopping three kilos.
Having short arms and legs may raise a person’s risk of developing memory problems later in life, US researchers said on Monday.
They said women with the shortest arm spans were 50% more likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer’s disease than women with longer arm spans. And the longer a woman’s leg from floor to knee, the lower her risk for dementia.
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