- The Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak.
- The first US coast to coast aeroplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.
- There are more skin cancer cases caused by tanning beds than there are lung cancer cases caused by smoking.
- The past tense for the English word 'dare' is 'durst'.
- Shrimps are all born male but slowly grow into females.
- The surface of Mars is covered in rust, making the planet appear red.
- Ostrich Eggs can support the weight of a grown man.
- When recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and among other things, developed a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- Some fish cough. Really.
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