- The oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old.
- The term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937.
- A bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second.
- Australia has the largest sheep population.
- Crocodiles are responsible for over a 1,000 deaths each year by the Banks of the Nile river.
- Mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes.
- The first paperback book was printed by Penguin Publishing in 1935.
- Polar bears have black skin.
- Kangaroos cannot jump without their tails touching the ground.
- In 1872 Yellowstone in the US was the world's first national park.
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