- There are more fake than real flamingos.
- A pumpkin really is a fruit.
- The wheelbarrow is invented in China.
- A crocodile cannot move its tongue.
- Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms).
- The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
- Pigs can get sunburn.
- Horses sleep standing up.
- That you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become).
- The praying mantis can turn its head 180 degrees.
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