- Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
- The word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'.
- Agoraphobia is the fear of wide open spaces.
- The average cow produces 40 glasses of milk a day.
- The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house with horses.
- The total mass of ants on the planet would actually outweigh all of the world’s wild birds and mammals.
- According to manufacturer Spalding the average lifespan of an NBA basketball is 10,000 bounces.
- Lions in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year.
- The average human drinks over 60,566 litres (16,000 gallons) of water in a lifetime.
- The typewriter was invented in 1829.
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