- Ants can lift 50 times their own weight.
- Gentoo penguins propose to their life mates with a pebble.
- 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey.
- Bottle nosed whales can dive to a depth of 915 metres (3,000feet) in 2 minutes.
- U.S. paper currency isn't made of paper u2013 it's actually a blend of cotton and linen.
- The vocabulary of the average person is between 5,000 to 6,000 words.
- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
- In Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions.
- The first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON.
- A typical cough is 60 mph while a sneeze is often faster than 100 mph.
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