- To crack a whip the tip must be travelling faster than the speed of sound.
- Giant tortoises can live in captivity longer than any other animal.
- Armadillos can walk underwater.
- Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball.
- Spain's largest source of income is from tourism.
- Porcupines float in water.
- In France, it's illegal for employers to send emails after work hours.
- Brontology is the study of thunder.
- Clothes dried outside smell better because of a process called photolysis (sunlight breaks down compounds that cause odor).
- The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
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