- Pelicans consume around a 1/3 of its body weight in a single meal.
- 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia.
- Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
- Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae as humans: 7.
- Most cows produce more milk when they listen to music.
- A crocodile can't stick out its tongue.
- The golden ratio of approximately 1.618 between two quantities such as lengths often appears in nature (tree branching, uncurling ferns, pine cone arrangements etc) and has been used throughout history to create aesthetically pleasing designs and art works such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
- Rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40 above the horizon).
- A duck has three eyelids.
- Originally in 1886 Coca Cola was introduced as an 'intellectual beverage' to boost brain power.
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