- There are 2.5 million times more ants on earth than people (20 quadrillion of them).
- Sailors once thought wearing gold earrings improved eyesight.
- A humming bird flaps its wings up to 90 times a second (5,400 times a minute).
- The 1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 (it was Snow White and the seven dwarfs).
- 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean.
- Flamingos turn pink from eating shrimp.
- The numerical digits we use today such as 1, 2 and 3 are based on the Hindu-Arabic numeral system developed over 1000 years ago.
- A woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice.
- Ostriches don't bury their heads in sand.
- Rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated.
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