- When baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first month.
- Ostriches have a powerful immune system.
- Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550).
- You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
- Rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated.
- Baboons were once trained by Egyptians to wait on tables.
- The skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight.
- Children have more taste buds than adults.
- Born in 1953, British mathematician Andrew Wiles is most famous for proving Fermat's Last Theorem.
- The first ground vacuum packed coffee was first introduced in 1900.
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