- There are 2.5 million times more ants on earth than people (20 quadrillion of them).
- Blue whale tongues can weigh 8,000 pounds, or as much as an elephant, and their hearts weigh close to a ton.
- The grapefruit gets its name from the way it grows in clusters like grapes on a vine.
- Baboons were once trained by Egyptians to wait on tables.
- The lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years.
- The tentacles of the giant arctic jellyfish can reach 36.6 meters (120 feet).
- Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
- The dishwasher was invented in 1889.
- Jellyfish can clone themselves.
- The diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles).
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