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Worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15. Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'. Bees and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second. There are over 690 known species of bats. The ideal temperature to fall asleep is between 18-30c (64-86f). The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas). One is the only number with letters in reverse alphabetical order. The yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines. The first hot air balloon passengers were a sheep, duck, and rooster. It takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots. reload more facts