- The oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old.
- There are over 7,000 different types of apples.
- The stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair.
- Catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors.
- Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away.
- A Galapagos tortoise can take up to three weeks to digest a meal.
- An ostriches life span is 40-45 years.
- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14).
- India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000).
- Fish can cough.
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