- A bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second.
- You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
- Women blink twice as much as men.
- Hawaii was originally called the Sandwich Islands.
- The most difficult-to-pronounce town is in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch.
- The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.
- The praying mantis can turn its head 180 degrees.
- The average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54.
- Only female mosquitoes bite.
- Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
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