- The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas).
- Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster.
- A dragonfly can fly at 40kph (25mph).
- You can't trademark surnames.
- All snakes are carnivorous.
- The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink.
- Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
- Sponges hold more cold water than hot.
- Elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period.
- The oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island.
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