Have you ever wondered why penguins can't fly?

Or about one of the biggest mysteries in evolution?

Where do eels come from?

Have you ever wondered why we see monsters in the mirror if we look at it for too long?

Grab some popcorn, your best trivia head,

and strap in for this episode of the Ultimate Fact Show.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. Be amazed.

A snail woke up after five years of being glued to a museum card. Some animals have perfected the art of playing dead to protect themselves from greedy predators. But what happens when method acting goes too far? Well, in the case of

one very unfortunate snail, you can end up being scooped up and stuck to a museum card for the next five

years. That's right. Way back in 1846, authorities at the British Museum

glued what they thought was a deceased snail to a piece of cardboard for display. The snail in

question, formerly known as the species Helix Dyserterum, had been collected by Charles Lamb

Esquire, who found it in the Egyptian desert in March of 1846 before donating it to the museum.

Assuming the snail had simply expired in transit, recipients glued it to the cardboard show card.

For five long years, no one knew that the British Museum's catatonic snail had simply retreated into its shell in a deep sleep.

Until one day when curators noticed something strange while cleaning the exhibit.

The snail's shell seemed to have moved slightly, and a suspicious trail of iridescent slime followed it.

They removed the specimen from the card and decided to bathe it,

and within minutes the snail reacted to the moisture and poked its head out to survey its new surroundings.

You might imagine that waking up in a British museum after five years of undisturbed sleep would be quite a shock to the system.

But the snail didn't seem to care much.

After being fed some cabbage, it fell asleep for another two years.

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