- A cheetahs top speed is 114kph (70mph).
- The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
- Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours.
- A blue whale can weigh as much as 30 elephants and as long as 3 large tour buses.
- 'Babe' was played by over 50 pigs.
- Instant coffee was invented in 1901.
- The equals sign (=) was invented in 1557 by a Welsh mathematician named Robert Recorde.
- Banana trees are actually herbs.
- Don't like mosquitoes? Get a bat. They could eat 3,000 insects a night.
- A crocodile can't move its tongue.
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