- Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards.
- There is a museum of strawberries in Belgium.
- The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific.
- The lifespan of a taste bud is about ten days.
- Ancient Romans thought strawberries could cure bad breath and chronic fainting.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and among other things, developed a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- Zoophobia is the fear of animals.
- Triscadecaphobia is the fear of the number 13.
- The study of insects is called entomology.
- A horse's canter is a 3-beat gait. After the third beat all three legs are off the ground.
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