- The hottest chile in the world is the habanero.
- When grazing or resting, cows tend to align their bodies with the magnetic north and south poles.
- It takes 1 alligator to make a pair of shoes and 3 for a pair of boots.
- Dolphin's can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away.
- In the 17th century Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler made important discoveries relating to planetary motion and orbits.
- Polar bears can smell a seal from 20 miles away.
- In 1634, Tulip bulbs were a form of currency in Holland.
- Bees and house flies flap their wings 200 times a second.
- For every human there are 200 million insects.
- There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
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