- Birds cannot live in space because they need gravity to be able to swallow.
- The coloured part of your eye is called the iris.
- There are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms.
- A panda is not a bear and actually in the raccoon family. Koalas are marsupials.
- The fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h)).
- Dry ice transforms directly from being a solid to a gas.
- Pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians.
- The game of basketball was first played using a soccer ball and two peach baskets.
- Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around).
- Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador.
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