algae, n.Trivia

Sloths are so slow that algae can grow on them

Algae is responsible for nearly 50% of the world's oxygen (ocean algae).

Algae is neither plant, animal or bacteria. It is a photosynthesizing microorganism.

Marine algae produces about 70 to 80 percent of our oxygen.

The UK military recruiter mistook "cryptogamist" (algae expert) for "cryptogramist" and sent an algae expert to join the code breakers; he wasn't so useful until captured German papers arrived water-logged; with his expertise they salvaged them