- The average dog can understand over 150 words.
- Scotland has 421 words for snow.
- A squid has 10 tentacles.
- When born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall.
- A dolphins top speed is 60kmh (37mph).
- There are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk.
- Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands.
- Every ton of recycled paper saves about 17 trees.
- Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man.
- In 1900 the average life span in the US was 47.
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