- All the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes.
- 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia.
- A honeybee's top speed is 24kph (15mph).
- The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas).
- 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day.
- There is no proof as to who built the Taj Mahal.
- There are more tigers owned by Americans than in the wild worldwide.
- Snails can sleep for up to three years.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- Brontology is the study of thunder.
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