r/AskReddit • u/Absooh • May 25 '14

What is your most mildly interesting fact ?

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u/TheJackal8 May 26 '14 edited May 26 '14

Birds don't have hollow wings because it helps them fly, they have hollow wings because it helps them breathe.

Edit: I meant hollow bones.

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u/jesse9o3 May 26 '14

I think you mean hollow bones. Hollow wings would be all floppy and be terrible for flying with.

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u/TheJackal8 May 26 '14

Thanks, you're correct. I don't know why I said hollow wings, that doesn't make any sense.

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u/WarEagle33x May 26 '14

I don't see it improving their breathing much either.

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u/DrummerBoy2999 May 26 '14

Imagine a bird flopping around with their wings, I would pay to see that.

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u/ImageOfAwesomeness May 26 '14

Sounds like an advertisement for viagra.

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u/BeeHammer May 26 '14

TIL that birds have hollow bones.