- The fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h)).
- If your DNA was stretched out it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.
- There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year.
- Sharks can sense a drop of blood from 4km (2.5miles) away.
- Spiny lobsters migrate in groups of 50 or more, forming a conga line on the ocean floor.
- The surface area of your lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
- Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.
- Mexican jumping beans jump to get out of sunlight.
- Plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970.
- 'orology' is the study of mountains.
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