- Gorillas can't swim.
- Hippopotamuses have skin 3.8cm (1.5in) thick.
- Mapping is older than writing.
- Caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles.
- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- Ripening bananas glow an intense blue under black light.
- A bolt of lightning can reach roughly 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney was awarded 35 Oscars.
- Whales can't swim backwards.
- Bees have 4 wings.
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