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Some Fun Chicken Facts To Share With Your Friends
Chickens are amazing creatures, but don’t take our word for it. These chicken facts will astound your friends and maybe even teach you something about barnyard fowl!
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To the average person, chickens may seem like simple creatures. But there’s much more to these fine-feathered beauties than meets the eye.
I bet you a basketful of eggs you don’t know all the following chicken facts!
Dino Relations
Chickens (really birds in general) are the closest living relatives to T. rex, according to a recent study. After retrieving collagen from a T. rex bone found by John Horner of the Museum of the Rockies in 2003 between Wyoming and Montana, researchers compared it to 21 different animals.
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Two University of Lethbridge researchers whose findings in the early days of the pandemic explored how cannabis extracts could be used as adjunct treatments for COVID-19 have found a partner to test one of the extracts in a mouthwash.
Following release of the pre-clinical findings last spring in PrePrints, the husband and wife team of Igor Kovalchuk and Olga Kovalchuk sought a partner to conduct clinical studies to test one of their cannabis sativa extracts in a mouthwash.
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Fact check: No evidence linking masks to oral bacteria and to lung cancer; article refers to study that did not involve masks
By Reuters Staff
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Users on social media are sharing an article that claims long-term mask-wearing “breeds microbes that infiltrate the lungs and contribute to advanced stage lung cancer”. As alleged evidence, the article refers to a study that did not involve mask-wearing and does not makes this claim. The authors of the study say that there’s no scientific evidence to back the article’s misinterpretation of their actual results.
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The article ( here ) was published by Natural News, a website that according to reports by Vox ( here ) and McGill University’s Office for Science and Society ( here ) is known for spreading conspiracy theories and false health information. In May 2020, the site was banned by Facebook for violating its “community standards on spam” ( here ).
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