Wild Facts of the Day

So strange you have probably never heard them. Every one is sourced, and none will ever appear in our 5-fact videos.

Today

A new wild fact at 9am, and a second one at 3pm (UK time). Each is true, sourced, and never one of the 5 in our videos.

Wild Fact of the Day: Morning (not one of our 5)

Earth once ran its own nuclear reactors.

About two billion years ago, uranium deposits at Oklo in Gabon started a chain reaction by themselves, on and off, with no humans involved. They are the only natural nuclear reactors ever found.

Source: GRS: Oklo natural reactor

Wild Fact of the Day: Afternoon (not one of our 5)

Platypuses glow green.

Under ultraviolet light, platypus fur glows blue-green. It is one of the few mammals known to do this.

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

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