- Most birds eat twice their body weight each day.
- Dark roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the longer a coffee is roasted the more caffeine is burns off).
- Over 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
- It takes around 200 muscles to take a step.
- 'underground' is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'.
- Gorillas sleep 14 hours a day.
- Over 550 hot dogs are eaten every second in the United States.
- Elephants are capable of swimming 20 miles a day.
- Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
- Jousting is the official sport of Maryland.
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