- Mangoes have noses.
- Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again.
- The opposite of a 'vacuum' is a 'plenum'.
- Indonesia is made up of more than 17,000 islands.
- There are 2.5 million times more ants on earth than people (20 quadrillion of them).
- The Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.
- Each year there is one ton of cement poured for each man, woman, and child.
- Cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h (43mp/h) in 3 seconds.
- Less than 20% of shark attacks are fatal.
- Lightning strikes the Earth 6,000 times every minute.
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