Tortoises in the Mojave Desert store up to 1/3 of their body weight in urine. When they need water, the water in their urine flows back into their bodies while the waste remains and expels.

Eating a banana at night can help in falling asleep.

In 1832, in Paisley, Scotland the first municipal water filtration works was opened.

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