We feel “hungry” because it’s harder for us to control our emotions when our brains are low on glucose.
100 Mind-Blowing Hungry Facts
Acacia trees in Africa communicate with each other. They emit gasses to alert other trees to produce the toxin tannin, which protects them from hungry animals.
The Japanese word ‘Kuchi zamishi’ is the act of eating when you’re not hungry because your mouth is lonely. We do this all the time.
Woodpeckers would eat brains if they get too hungry. One of the darker WTF facts: If a woodpecker goes too long without food, they will pin down other birds and peck at their heads until they can eat their brains.
“Kuchisabishii” is Japanese for unconscious eating. It describes the act of eating when you’re not hungry because your mouth is “lonely.”
In Japanese, the word “kuchisabishii” describes eating not because you’re hungry but because your mouth is lonely.