- The game of basketball was first played using a soccer ball and two peach baskets.
- Sea otters hold each other's paws while sleeping so they don't drift apart.
- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand.
- Caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles.
- Soccer is the most followed sport.
- Elvis's middle name was Aron.
- Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around).
- Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year.
- The word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards.
- Blue whale tongues can weigh 8,000 pounds, or as much as an elephant, and their hearts weigh close to a ton.
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