- Elephants communicate in sound waves below the frequency that humans can hear.
- It takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl.
- Hypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.).
- 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.
- The oldest word in the English language is 'town'.
- Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'.
- A pumpkin really is a fruit.
- The atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric).
- Toads only eat moving prey.
- You can cut a pie into 8 pieces with only three cuts.
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