One man invented Band-Aids, granola bars, plastic ketchup bottles, microwaveable containers and disposable diapers!

His name is Stanley Mason and he died in 2006 at 84-years old. In his long and productive career, he had over 60 US-patents under his name. The most impressive thing is that they are things extremely varied in nature. In his career he worked as a professional inventor, working with many corporate clients to create products. 

Some credit his success to his process. Before he even starts designing an invention, he first discovers the need for a product. If he realizes that there are many people who would buy his invention; then he spends time inventing it. This process led him to invent things as varied as band-aids, granola bars, and even plastic wire bras!

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Muscovy Ducks can't be raped!

The males of this species have a penis that is almost 8 inches long. They can fully extend it in 1/3 of a second! This means that females have a very short amount of time to escape if they don't want to mate with a particular male.

In order to not get raped, the females evolved a vaginal canal that twists and turns, blocking the penis from going completely in. The male can only impregnate the female if she relaxes all these muscles inside her! Biologists think this is the first evidence they've seen of evolution driving a competition in genitals.

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The WWF FLEW 19 Rhinos to a new home!

Because their horns are used in traditional eastern medicine, Rhinos have been hunted almost to extinction. More than 340 have been killed this year. To prevent more from dying, conservationists decided to move Rhinos to another location.

How do you move something that lives in remote, hard-to-reach locations? By helicopter! They tranquilized the animals and literally strapped them to a new habitat. The exact area was not disclosed, so that there would be no poachers trying to kill them. 

Check out more stunning pictures in the original article.

There's a spider bite that can cause 4 hour erections

The Brazilian wandering spider appeared in the Guinness World Records 2010 as the world's most venomous spider. The neurotoxin causes loss of muscle control and asphyxiation, and the bite causes intense pain and inflammation.

However, the venom can also cause priapism, a medical condition in which the penis or clitoris does not return to its flaccid state. These erections can last for many hours and even cause impotence! Still, scientists have broken down the components of the venoms and are studying one of them as treatment for erectile dysfunction!

It seems right now they haven't been able to get the treatment to achieve the erectile function without causing loss of muscle control... which would render the treatment pointless. Still, they're hard at work trying to figure this out. 

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Richard Nixon had a speech ready in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon!

Reaching the moon was truly a great achievement for mankind. However, it was a very dangerous one, and could have easily ended in tragedy. The danger of Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong being stranded on the moon with no way of getting back to Earth was a very real possibility. Because of this, the president had a speech ready in case that tragedy should happen. Read the eerie memo, and check out the site LettersOfNote for more historically relevant letters. 

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