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Walruses are true party animals; they can go without sleep for 84 hours. There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous). Catfish have over 100,000 taste buds. A banana contains 75% water. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet. The symbols used for addition (+) and subtraction (-) have been around for thousands of years but it wasn't until the 16th century that most mathematical symbols were invented. Before this time math equations were written in words, making it very time consuming. There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on earth. Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'. The average porcupine has 30,000 spikes. The word 'almost' is the longest word spelt alphabetically. reload more facts