Fun and Fascinating Facts About Clouds, Flowers, and Beethoven

1. Did You Know How Lens-Shaped Clouds Form?
These beautiful clouds appear high in the sky when mountain winds push moist air upward. As the air cools, it forms smooth, curved shapes. You can sometimes spot these clouds in Israel, between Shoket Junction and Arad.

2. Did You Know Some Plants Can Clean Your Teeth?
The Salvadora persica plant grows in desert oases and has been used for centuries like a natural toothbrush. People in Africa, India, and Bedouin communities cut a twig, shape it, and use it to clean between their teeth. The twig releases a juice that helps clean and disinfect the mouth.

3. Did You Know How Yeast Works in Dough?
Yeast is actually a tiny fungus. Each lump of yeast holds millions of tiny living cells, all held together by starch. When you mix yeast with flour and water, it gives off a kind of juice that softens the dough. Then the yeast “eats” the mixture and grows, making the dough rise.

4. Did You Know What Albinism Is?
Albinism is something people are born with. It means their skin, eyes, and hair don’t have color, so they look very pale or white. People with albinism are often very sensitive to sunlight and can face eye problems or higher risks of skin cancer.

5. Did You Know Black and White Aren’t Really Colors?
Colors come from light waves. But black and white are a bit different. Black means no color at all, while white is made from all the colors mixed together. That’s why, when white light passes through water or a prism, it splits into a rainbow.

6. Did You Know Why Flowers Smell So Nice?
Flowers release sweet smells to attract insects like bees, butterflies, and flies. These visitors carry pollen from one flower to another, helping new flowers grow.

7. Did You Know Beethoven Was Deaf When He Wrote His Best Music?
The famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven began to lose his hearing from illness, even though he was already well-known. Amazingly, even after he became completely deaf, he continued writing music and some of his most beautiful and powerful works came during that time.