- Oxygen supply influences the color of a fire's flame.
- An Ostrich's kick can kill a lion.
- Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci) lived between the years 1170 and 1250 and is best known today for Fibonacci numbers, the number sequence named after him. Fibonacci introduced the number sequence to Western Europe in his book 'Liber Abaci' after they had been described earlier by Indian mathematicians.
- A species of moth has the best hearing in the world.
- 85% of plant life is found in the ocean.
- Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
- Your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body.
- Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- The grapefruit gets its name from the way it grows in clusters like grapes on a vine.
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