- Instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) were invented in Canadian in 1962.
- When baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first month.
- Gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur.
- Platypuses are venomous.
- Porsche also builds tractors.
- Octopuses think with their tentacles.
- One of the ingredients needed to make dynamite is peanuts.
- Maine produces more toothpicks than any other state in the U.S.
- Germany borders 9 other countries.
- African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words.
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