- Hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal.
- Not a single number has the letter "b" in it until you reach a billion.
- A platypus can eat its weight in worms every day.
- A compass needle does not point directly north.
- When a koala is born, it is about the size of a jelly bean.
- An octopus has nine brains and three hearts.
- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14).
- The average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime.
- Kangaroos can jump 30 feet.
- A fire will burn faster moving uphill than downhill.
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