- When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.
- The average person sheds .7kg (1.5 pounds) of skin each year.
- 1 billion snails are served in restaurants each year.
- There are more fake than real flamingos.
- 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer.
- Blue whale tongues can weigh 8,000 pounds, or as much as an elephant, and their hearts weigh close to a ton.
- Police dogs are trained to respond to commands in foreign languages (usually German or Hungarian).
- Chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time.
- Red light has the highest wavelength.
- A hard boiled eggs spin (uncooked or soft boiled don't).
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