- Crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river.
- Less than 3% of the water on Earth is fresh.
- DVDs are physically the same size as a CDs but can store 13 times more data.
- Much of the work done by Leibniz and Newton is based on theories by French philosopher Rene Descartes. As well as his many contributions to philosophy, Descartes also had a huge impact on mathematics, creating analytical geometry, developing a system that describes geometry using algebra, contributing to optics and much more.
- Porcupines float in water.
- Scorpions glow under ultra violet light.
- Camels can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes.
- A jellyfish is 95% water.
- 10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects.
- Some bears build nests in trees to sunbathe and rest.
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