This Mom Discovered Something Terrible In Her Daughter’s Lunchbox

The More You Know

• War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
• Scorpions are incredibly resilient: scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.
• Singapore plans to build floating burbs.
• In one month, the average person consumes about a Lego brick’s worth of microplastic.