Birds are the closest living relatives of crocodilians, as well as the descendants of extinct dinosaurs with feathers. This makes them the only surviving dinosaurs.
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Red pandas have no living relatives – they aren’t even related to giant pandas.
The closest living relatives of hippopotamuses are whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
There were 19 living men in Austria found to be genetic relatives of Ötzi the Iceman in 2013, determined by blood testing.
Loofahs are vegetables. If you look at a loofah, you might think it came from a dried sea creature. However, this scrubbing sponge is made from a vegetable. Loofahs are made from the fibrous flesh of the mature Luffa aegyptiaca and L. cyclindrica gourd. They’re distant relatives of melons and squash. Before reaching maturity, luffa is also edible.
People used to take photos with their dead relatives. The Victorian era was truly strange, but no other WTF facts can top this: People would take a recently deceased family member and take photos of them as if they were just sleeping.
Black holes have theoretical opposites known as white holes. Black holes are known for their voracious appetites; their influence is so strong that even light can’t escape their gravity. But they have a theoretical converse – white holes. They are effectively the opposite of their dark relatives, spitting out light and matter instead of trapping it. So far, they are purely hypothetical objects; astronomers are contemplating how they could form in reality.
Three-toed sloths are better swimmers than their two-toed relatives.
Hippos’ closest living relatives are the aquatic mammals: whales, dolphins and porpoises.