- A sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph).
- An astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity).
- Gatophobia is the fear of cats.
- Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
- When lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit).
- Brontophobia is the fear of thunderstorms.
- A humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute).
- The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
- Your small intestine is the largest internal organ in your body.
- The first sport to be filmed was boxing in 1894.
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