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Fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle. In Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions. Wooly mammoths grew as tall as 14 feet, weighing 10 tons. Mammoths used tusks for protection and to attract mates. According to the old English time system a moment is 1 and a half minutes. Chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils. Sun light can penetrate clean ocean water up to a depth of 73m (240 feet). Snakes can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise). On average you blink 25,000 a day. Rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40 above the horizon). Catfish have over 100,000 taste buds. reload more facts