- The US produces 19% of the world's trash.
- Tachophobia is the fear of speed.
- Chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the world's almonds.
- Owls can't move their eyes from side to side.
- A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
- There are over 130 species of owl.
- Cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length.
- The largest living organism in the world is a fungus. It is in Oregon, covering 2,200 acres and is still growing.
- Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler was probably the most influential mathematician of the 18th century, making discoveries in graph theory and introducing many modern mathematical words and notations among other things.
- Giraffes can't swim.
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