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Giraffes can grow more than 18 feet tall. The Cookie Monster's real first name is Sid. A group of owls is called a parliament. The opposite of a 'vacuum' is a 'plenum'. Myrmecophobia is the fear of ants. Gunpowder is formed by mixing charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur. There are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms. Tennis was originally played with bare hands. Americans consume over 10 billion bowls of soup each year. Once a women reachs the age of 30 they lose 1% of their bone mass every year thereafter (by the time a women is 50 she will have lost 20%). reload more facts