Who wants to share their favorite bit of scientific trivia from their field of research (or anyone)? For me, I love to point out that 2 square meters of sunlight, properly focused, is intense enough to melt rock.

several fishes, including tunas, lamnid sharks, billfishes and the wonderful Opah, are endothermic (can maintain a higher body temperature than the surrounding water) Here is a painting i did of an Opah, which Buddy threw up on. (thus making it precious)

Redwoods are at the absolute physiological limit of tree height. To get water from the roots to leaves more than 120m (400 ft) above ground, you either need completely reconfigured plant physiology or new physics. Koch et al. 2004:

The moon does not in fact revolve around the earth. The earth and moon ‘translate’ around a point located between the centers of earth and moon. It’s within the earth, but not at its center.

Most geneticists reject the theory of memetics as the mechanism of human cultural evolution. Not ideas, they say, but traits.

The cochlea is sensitive enough to detect Brownian motion. I don’t have a citation because this was something I half remember my grad advisor saying over a decade ago.

Definitely have noticed some funny smells focusing sunlight with just a magnifying glass, so I believe it.

Birds are dinosaurs. It’s trivial maybe, but definitely a favorite fact.

Bacteria don't just live on you or in your tissues. Some species can invade the cytoplasm and take up residence inside your cells, safe from immune attack. This also contributes to antibiotic resistance, as the drug must translate the host cell membranes at an effective dose.

It's possible for contaminants to flow up a stream of pouring liquid, in a process called Upstream Contamination. And we're not sure exactly why.

There's a guy on Instagram wjonjas an account dedicated to pretty much just this it's cool AF