Trivia : Item Teasers

Trivia are facts that can be amusing although they are mostly knowledge that we can do without. Here, we have compiled some of them.

Trivia retrieved for Entomology (2 found)

Branch: EntomologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Entomology. Subject: InsectsRetrievalClick for trivia items under Insects. Topic: MosquitoesRetrievalClick for trivia items under Mosquitoes.

Women get bitten by mosquitoes more often than men do because mosquitoes like the scent of estrogen, a female hormone.

NOTE: This fact is based on the assumption that all other factors between males and females are equal. Many factors actually causes mosquitoes to target certain humans. These include sweat, body odour, body chemicals such as uric acid (builds up in skin), lactic acid (released from pores), octanol (in sweat and breath), acetone (in breath), and estradiol (a collective constituent of oestrogen).

Branch: EntomologyRetrievalClick for trivia items under Entomology. Subject: CockroachesRetrievalClick for trivia items under Cockroaches. Topic: DecapitationRetrievalClick for trivia items under Decapitation.

A cockroach can live for several days without its head before it starves to death.

Published on: 13 Feb 2019 2124.
Last updated: 13 Feb 2019 2124.