- A connected bunch of bananas is called a hand and individual bananas are called fingers.
- Penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere primarily in Antarctica (excluding zoos above the equator).
- Plants, like humans, can run a fever if they are sick.
- The number Pi (the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle) can't be expressed as a fraction, making it an irrational number. It never repeats and never ends when written as a decimal.
- Mistletoe is evergreen -even after a tree's leaves have fallen, it stays green.
- The average person swallows 295 times during a meal.
- Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames).
- Camels are born without humps.
- The average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in their lifetime.
- The most commonly used word in English conversation is 'I'.
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