- Most spiders have transparent blood.
- A duck can't walk without bobbing its head.
- The word fortnight is a contraction of the 2 words 'fourteen nights'.
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline.
- Squirrels lose more than half of the nuts they hide.
- Ancient Egyptians used geometry principles as far back as 3000 BC, using equations to approximate the area of circles among other formulas.
- Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius.
- The world's first roller coaster opened in 1884 at Coney Island New York.
- An elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature.
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