- A giraffe can go longer without water than a camel.
- Snakes can't bite in rivers or swamps (they would drown otherwise).
- There are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold.
- The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes officially began in 1953.
- A Galapagos tortoise can take up to three weeks to digest a meal.
- New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843.
- African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words.
- Pelicans consume around a 1/3 of its body weight in a single meal.
- The Olympic flag was designed in 1913.
- Beavers were once the size of bears.
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