- Greyhounds can see better than any other dog breed.
- It takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster.
- Only pregnant females polar bears hibernate.
- A horse's canter is a 3-beat gait. After the third beat all three legs are off the ground.
- Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster.
- There are 2 credit cards for every person in the US.
- The world's knowledge is growing so fast that 90% of what we will know in 50 years time will be discovered in those 50 years.
- A flea can jump 350 times its body length.
- Mapping is older than writing.
- Snakes can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise).
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