- An elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water.
- The smallest dog is the Chihuahua.
- Whales have the slowest metabolism of all animals.
- Orienteering originated from Sweden.
- The Nobel Peace Prize is named for Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
- Heat, not sunlight, ripens tomatoes.
- Phantom rain are raindrops that never reach the ground.
- A female ferret is called a jill.
- There are over 7,000 different types of apples.
- Shrimps are all born male but slowly grow into females.
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