- Birds cannot live in space because they need gravity to be able to swallow.
- Hippopotamuses have skin 3.8cm (1.5in) thick.
- Petrol has no specific freezing point (it can freezes at any temperature between -82 and -115C (-180 and -240F).
- The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.
- The Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak.
- Giraffes has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
- A platypus can eat its weight in worms every day.
- When born a baby giraffe is 1.8m (6ft) tall.
- The number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes.
- Flamingoes can live up to 80 years old.
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