- Mistletoe is evergreen -even after a tree's leaves have fallen, it stays green.
- Gorillas can't swim.
- There are over 80,000 different species of ants.
- 10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects.
- Much of the work done by Leibniz and Newton is based on theories by French philosopher Rene Descartes. As well as his many contributions to philosophy, Descartes also had a huge impact on mathematics, creating analytical geometry, developing a system that describes geometry using algebra, contributing to optics and much more.
- A sharks top speed is 70kmh (44mph).
- Greyhounds can see better than any other dog breed.
- An arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2,200 people.
- Crocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones.
- French fries are originally from Belgium.
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