- Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms).
- Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.
- Petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F).
- Maine produces more wild blueberries than anywhere else in the world.
- Elevenses is a break for light refreshments taken at 11AM in England.
- 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey.
- The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years.
- When a member of a whale group is sick or injured, other whales will push it up to the surface of the water to help it breathe.
- Flamingoes can live up to 80 years old.
- Porcupines float in water.
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