It takes several years for flamingos to develop pinkish feathers.

The pink color of flamingo feathers actually comes from beta-carotene—a red-orange pigment that’s found in algae, brine fly larvae, and brine shrimp that flamingos eat. 

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Tomatoes were cultivated by the Aztecs in the Americas—they were brought to Italy by the Spanish in the 1500s—but people thought they were either poisonous or an aphrodisiac

Tomatoes were cultivated by the Aztecs in the Americas—they were brought to Italy by the Spanish in the 1500s

Sarpa salpa is also known as sea bream, salema porgy, and dreamfish.

Sarpa salpa is a hallucinogenic fish that was reportedly used as a recreational drug in the Roman Empire

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