- Banana plants can grow as high as 6 meters (20 feet) tall.
- Hummingbirds can't walk.
- An Ostrich's kick can kill a lion.
- According to the old English time system a moment is 1 and a half minutes.
- The atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric).
- Only female mosquitoes bite.
- Rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40 above the horizon).
- More people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks.
- A group of rhinos is called a crash.
- Male humpback whales can sing up to half an hour nonstop and even mimic other whale songs.
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