- 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).
- Dolphins can kill sharks by ramming them with their snout.
- All owls lay white eggs.
- Only 4 out of 20,000 species of bees produce honey.
- Einstein slept 10 hours a night.
- Diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa.
- The pupils in goats' eyes are rectangular.
- The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
- At birth a Dalmatian is always pure white.
- The life span of a house fly is between 10 to 25 days.
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