- A blue whale's heart beats just twice a minute when it dives.
- The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
- The word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'.
- In 1872 Yellowstone in the US was the world's first national park.
- Born in 1777, German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss contributed brilliant work in geometry, statistics, number theories, algebra and much more.
- There are 7 points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.
- Bottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes.
- An elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water.
- Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
- All babies are born with blue eyes.
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