- Bull's can run faster uphill than down.
- The world's biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico.
- Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
- All babies are born with blue eyes.
- A bear in hibernation loses up to 25% of its body weight.
- The yoke of an Ostrich egg is the largest cell in the world.
- Acrophobia is the fear of heights.
- Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
- An electric eel can release a charge powerful enough to start 50 cars.
- The first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252.
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