- A baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
- Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years.
- The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years.
- A pelican can hold more food in its beak than its belly.
- Antarctica is home to the largest desert in the world.
- A fire will burn faster moving uphill than downhill.
- The 'you are here' arrow on maps is called an ideo locator.
- A duck can't walk without bobbing its head.
- It takes 50 minutes to soft boil and two hours to hard boil an ostrich egg.
- Sound travels 10 times faster through granite than air.
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