- Brazil accounts for 1/3 of the world's coffee production.
- The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that has 3 syllables (all others have 1).
- When 2 zebras stand side by side they usually face each other in opposite directions to keep an eye out for predators.
- The expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots).
- If you could drive to the sun at a speed of 88.5 km/h (55 mp/h) it would take around 193 years.
- An octopus pupil is rectangular.
- You cannot taste food until mixed with saliva.
- There are over 130 species of owl.
- Ants can lift 50 times their own weight.
- The total mass of ants on the planet would actually outweigh all of the world’s wild birds and mammals.
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