Houseflies dont allow their short lifespans (14 days) to hinder their musical abilities.

They always hum in the key of F.

Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the male ostriches can roar like lions.

Bats are the only mammals that can fly, but wouldnt it be awesome if humans could fly
too?

Kangaroos use their tails for balance, so if you lift a kangaroos tail off the ground, it
cant hop.

On average, there are 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.

Tigers not only have stripes on their fur, they also have them on their skin. No two tigers
ever have the same stripes.

To escape the grip of a crocodiles jaw, push your thumb into its eyeball It will let you
go instantly.

Fleas can jump up to 200 times their height. This is equivalent to a man jumping the
Empire State Building in New York.

Elephants can smell water up to 3 miles away. They are also one of the three mammals
that undergo menopause the other two being humpback whales and human females.

Koala bears almost exclusively eat only eucalyptus leaves and nothing else.

Because beavers teeth never stop growing, they must constantly gnaw on objects to
keep them at a manageable length. Their teeth would eventually grow into their brain if
they didnt maintain them.

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Beware an ant uprising! There are one million ants for every human in the world. These
resilient creatures also never sleep and do not have lungs.

You can tell a turtles gender by the noise it makes. Males grunt and females hiss.

You might want to thank a squirrel the next time you enjoy the shade of a tree. Millions
of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels that bury nuts and then forget where they
hid them.

Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any mammal. And you thought the
loudest sound came from that two-year-old you sat next to on your trans-continental
flight, didnt you?

Dogs nose prints are as unique as human fingerprints and can be used to identify them.

The slowest fish is the seahorse, which moves along at about 0.01 mph.

Pigs communicate constantly with one another; more than 20 vocalizations have been
identified that pigs use in different situations, from wooing mates to saying, Im hungry!

Kangaroos cannot walk backwards

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 Olympus Mons, a volcano on planet Mars, the tallest mountain in our
solar system

Most babies are born with 350 bones and as they grow, some of the
bones fuse together to become 206 bones

Besides humans, armadillo is the only animal that can contact leprosy

India is world's richest country until British colonized it in the 17th

century

The first novel written with the help of a typewriter was 'The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer'

'uncopyrightable' is the longest common word without any letter

repeating

Besides humans, the only animal that suffer sunburn is the pig

An adult mouse has 225 bones, adult humans have only 206 bones

Ostrich is the fastest animal on two legs

Potato is the most cultivated vegetable in the world today

Maize is the most cultivated cereal in the world

Banana is the most cultivated fruit in the world

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 The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up
to 7 miles per hour

The first product to have a barcode was Wrigley's chewing gum

Scallops have up to 100 eyes arranged around the edges of their

mantles like a string of beads

The first internet domain name registered was symbolics.com in 1985

The first person to reach the summit of Mt Everest twice was the Nepali
Sherpa Nawang Gombu

Kiwis lay the largest eggs relative to their body size (their eggs weigh about
one-fifth of their body weight)

Did you know11% of people are left handed

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 Did you knowAugust has the highest percentage of births
Did you knowunless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it
Did you knowthe average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
Did you knowa bear has 42 teeth
Did you knowan ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
Did you knowlemons contain more sugar than strawberries
Did you know8% of people have an extra rib
Did you know85% of plant life is found in the ocean
Did you knowRalph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz
Did you knowrabbits like licorice
Did you knowthe Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters
Did you know'Topolino' is the name for Mickey Mouse Italy
Did you knowa lobsters blood is colorless but when exposed to
oxygen it turns blue
Did you knowarmadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the
same sex
Did you knowreindeer like bananas
Did you knowthe longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13
seconds
Did you knowbirds need gravity to swallow
Did you knowthe most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E
Did you knowthe 3 most common languages in the world are
Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English
Did you knowdreamt is the only word that ends in mt
Did you knowthe first letters of the months July through to
November spell JASON
Did you knowa cat has 32 muscles in each ear
Did you knowPerth is Australia's windiest city
Did you knowElvis's middle name was Aron
Did you knowgoldfish can see both infrared and ultraviolet light
Did you knowthe smallest bones in the human body are found in
your ear
Did you knowcats spend 66% of their life asleep
Did you knowSwitzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10
kilos per person per year
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 Did you knowmoney is the number one thing that couples argue
about
Did you knowmacadamia nuts are toxic to dogs
Did you knowwhen lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000
degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit)
Did you knowspiders are arachnids and not insects
Did you knoweach time you see a full moon you always see the
same side
Did you knowstewardesses is the longest word that is typed with
only the left hand
Did you knowhoney is the only natural food which never spoils
Did you knowM&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its
inventors Mars and Murrie
Did you knowthat you burn more calories eating celery than it
contains (the more you eat the thinner you become)
Did you knowthe only continent with no active volcanoes is
Australia
Did you knowthe longest street in the world is Yonge street in
Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)
Did you knowabout 90% of the worlds population kisses
Did you knowCoca-Cola originally contained cocaine
Did you knowthe Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced
Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US
department of defense
Did you knowtoilets use 35% of indoor water use
Did you knowthe fortune cookie was invented in San Francisco
Did you knowKoalas sleep around 18 hours a day
Did you knowthe first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in
1954
Did you knowall insects have 6 legs
Did you knowthe croissant was invented in Austria
Did you knowIn eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from
bananas
Did you knowAfrican Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200
words

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 Did you knowa giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue
Did you knowAustralia was originally called New Holland
Did you know'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne
Australia
Did you knowthe sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the
lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet
Did you knowthe Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion
footballs
Did you knowall the blinking in one day equates to having your
eyes closed for 30 minutes
Did you knowyour foot has 26 bones in it
Did you knowthe average human brain contains around 78% water
Did you know1 nautical knot equates to 1.852 Kph (1.150 mph)
Did you knowif you add up all the numbers from 1 to 100
consecutively (1 + 2 + 3...) it totals 5050
Did you knowsponges hold more cold water than hot
Did you knowlightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute
Did you knowfire usually moves faster uphill than downhill
Did you knowcats have over 100 vocal chords
Did you knowcamel's milk doesn't curdle
Did you knowelephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period
Did you knowit's possible to lead a cow up stairs but not down
Did you knowfrogs can't swallow with their eyes open
Did you knowelephants are the only mammal that can't jump
Did you knowa 1/4 of your bones are in your feet
Did you knowyour tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
Did you knowon your birthday you share it with 9 million others
Did you know1 googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros
Did you knowa 1 minute kiss burns 26 calories
Did you knowyou burn more calories sleeping than watching TV
Did you knowfrogs don't usually swallow water (they absorb most
of the moisture they need through their skin)
Did you knowat birth dalmations are always white
Did you knowhummingbirds are the only bird that can fly
backwards
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 Did you knowa duck can't walk without bobbing its head
Did you knowa hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a
minute
Did you knowdragonflies have 6 legs but can't walk
Did you knowa crocodile can't move its tongue
Did you knowthat the first MTV video played was 'Video killed the
radio star' by the Buggles
Did you knowin 1878 the first telephone book made contained only
50 names
Did you knowpop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians
Did you knowan average person will spend 25 years asleep
Did you knowhippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa
than any other animal
Did you knowan elephants ears are used to regulate body
temperature
Did you knowthe Arctic Ocean is the smallest in the world
Did you knowthe most common mental illnesses are anxiety and
depression
Did you knowthe word laser stands for 'Light Amplification by
Stimulated Emission of Radiation'
Did you knowcrocodiles never outgrow their enclosure
Did you knowreindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube
Did you knowyour skin is the largest organ making up the human
body
Did you knowcows don't have upper front teeth
Did you knoweveryday is a holiday somewhere in the world
Did you knowthe coins thrown into the Trevi fountain in Italy are
collected for charity
Did you knowfrench fries are originally from Belgium
Did you knowthere are 31,557,600 seconds in a year

Did you knowthere are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo

Did you knowin a deck of cards the king of hearts is the only king
without a moustache

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 Did you knowblack on yellow are the 2 colors with the strongest
impact
Did you knowthe safest car color is white
Did you knowthe most commonly forgotten item for travelers is
their toothbrush
Did you knowCoca Cola launched its 3rd product Sprite in 1961
Did you knowapples are more effective at waking you up in the
morning than coffee
Did you knowroom temperature is defined as between 20 to 25C
(68 to 77F)
Did you knowan octopus pupil is rectangular
Did you knowthe hyoid bone in your throat is the only bone in your
body not attached to any other
Did you knowthe Australian aircraft carrier QANTAS stands for
Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Service
Did you knowthe movie Pulp Fiction cost $8 million to make with $5
million going towards actor's salaries
Did you knowthere are only 4 words in the English language which
end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and
tremendous)
Did you knowthe oldest word in the English language is 'town'
Did you knowcats can't move their jaw sideways
Did you knowgrapes explode when you put them in the microwave
Did you knowits physically impossible for pigs to look up at the sky
Did you knowyour most sensitive finger is your index finger (closest
to your thumb)
Did you know'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words
in the English language with three consecutive double letters
Did you knowVenetian blinds were invented in Japan
Did you knowthe average golf ball has 336 dimples
Did you knowthe word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the English
language with just one vowel
Did you knowthe movie 'Wayne's World' was filmed in two weeks
Did you knowthe Amazon rainforest produces half the world's
oxygen supply

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 Did you knowa group of frogs is called an army
Did you knowa group of rhinos is called a crash
Did you knowa group of kangaroos is called a mob
Did you knowa group of whales is called a pod
Did you knowa group of geese is called a gaggle
Did you knowa group of owls is called a parliament
Did you knowthe first sailing boats were built in Egypt
Did you knowBrazil is named after a tree
Did you knowBrazil covers 50% of the South American continent
Did you knowBrazil borders every country in South America except
Chile and Ecuador
Did you knowHilton was the first international hotel chain
Did you knowthe brand Nokia is named after a place in Southern
Finland
Did you knowMonopoly is the most played board game in the world
Did you know96% of candles sold are purchased by women
Did you know42% of men and women 25% dont wash their
hands after using a public toilet
Did you knowif you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened
into a sheet the size of a tennis court
Did you knowJamaica has 120 rivers
Did you knowa cats urine glows under a blacklight
Did you knowwhite cats with blue eyes are usually deaf
Did you knowcats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees
Did you knowsmall dogs usually live longer than larger breeds
Did you knowdomestic cats dislike citrus scents
Did you knowcats can jump up to 7 times their tail length
Did you knowChina manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys
Did you knowThe Great Wall of China is approximately 6,430 Km
long (3,995 miles)
Did you knowpaper originated from China
Did you knowthe wheelbarrow is invented in China
Did you knowtree hugging is forbidden in china
Did you knowthe film 'Mary Poppins' was filmed entirely indoors

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 Did you knowall of the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' are fixed to
4:20
Did you knowinstant coffee was invented in 1901
Did you knowthe human body of a 70 kg person contains 0.2mg of
gold
Did you knowrice is the staple food for 50% of the worlds
population
Did you knowPearls melt in vinegar
Did you knowa hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled
dont)
Did you knowthere is no butter in buttermilk

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