- Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
- Commercial airplanes maintain a cabin pressure of about 6,400 feet (just over 1 mile) above sea level.
- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
- The wristwatch was invented in 1904.
- Iatrophobia is the fear of doctors.
- The most commonly forgotten item for travelers is their toothbrush.
- You can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away.
- The spikes of a newborn hedgehog begin to appear within 24 hours.
- There are more chickens than people in the world.
- A camel can shut its nostrils during a desert sandstorm.
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