MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Do Camels Really Store Water In Their Humps?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Do Camels Really Store Water In Their Humps?

Anyone who’s ever watched a cartoon knows that camels store water in their humps…right? Or do they? Water isn’t the only scarce desert resource; food is, too. And because of that scarcity, camels consume as much food as they possibly can (when it’s available), storing the excess fat in their humps & drawing from that…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Pouring Extra Water Into A Toilet Causes It To Flush

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Pouring Extra Water Into A Toilet Causes It To Flush

If you’ve ever been stuck at home in the midst of a water outage, then you’ve most likely had to find the biggest pot, bowl, bucket, or other container that you could get your hands on in order to answer nature’s call as normally as possible. Did you notice, though, that pouring a large quantity…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Does Delicious Food Make Your Mouth Water?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Does Delicious Food Make Your Mouth Water?

Imagine: you’ve just removed a luscious bundt cake out of the oven & placed it on a cooling rack. Slowly but surely, your kitchen fills with the distinctive, diet-smashing aroma of baked vanilla, and your mouth fills with watery saliva. Why does that happen? Why do our mouths water at the sight/thought of, well, “mouth-watering”…