Friday 4 December 2015

Fact Hunters: Reptiles & puddings

Georgia Brooks
Christmas pudding originated as a 14th century porridge called 'frumenty' that was made of beef and mutton with raisins, currants, prunes, wines and spices. This would often be more like soup and was eaten as a fasting meal in preparation for the Christmas festivities.

Samanyu Handoo
There are a number of creatures, from reptiles and insects to marine life, that possess some level of freeze tolerance, but few can perform the trick quite like Rana sylvatica. These tiny amphibians can survive for weeks with an incredible two-thirds of their body water completely frozen

Ellie Jo Stapleton
Palindromes are words that read the same forwards or backwards… try this one! “A man, a plan, a canal: Panama

Cara Middleton
If you are a red head with blue eyes you are very rare indeed… only 1% of people have both!



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