- Heliophobia is the fear of sunlight.
- Women's hearts typically beat faster than men's hearts.
- 40% of Amsterdam commuters get to work by bicycle.
- Wooly mammoths grew as tall as 14 feet, weighing 10 tons. Mammoths used tusks for protection and to attract mates.
- When baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first month.
- Fire's alchemy symbol is a triangle, resembling a campfire.
- Sponges hold more cold water than hot.
- A bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second.
- Mapping is older than writing.
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
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