- The human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour.
- Italy and France produce over 40% of all wine.
- A woodpecker can peck 20 times a second.
- You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth (most males have 40, females 36).
- Baboons were once trained by Egyptians to wait on tables.
- A garfish has green bones.
- Ombrophobia is the fear of rain.
- The skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight.
- According to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces.
- When a koala is born, it is about the size of a jelly bean.
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