- Elephants can run up to 40kmh (25mph).
- The tea bag was invented in 1908.
- Octopuses think with their tentacles.
- A tsunami can travel as fast as a jet plane.
- Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.
- The tongue is the fastest healing part of a human body.
- A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures hotter than the sun.
- The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year.
- Mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes.
- Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
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