- Greyhounds can see better than any other dog breed.
- Britain was the first country to use postage stamps.
- Greek mathematician Euclid is often referred to as the 'Father of Geometry' for his revolutionary ideas and influential textbook called 'Elements' that he wrote around the year 300 BC.
- Strawberries taste sweeter at room temperature.
- Water can boil and freeze at the same time.
- Crocodiles continually grow new sets of teeth to replace old ones.
- Apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee.
- Ocean algae produces about 75 percent of the world's oxygen.
- Warthogs can reach speeds of 48km/h (29mph).
- The oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old.
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