- Ichthyophobia is the fear of fish.
- Reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube.
- Horses sleep standing up.
- A fifteen-year-old boy invented earmuffs in 1873.
- Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.
- People in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country.
- When a member of a whale group is sick or injured, other whales will push it up to the surface of the water to help it breathe.
- The lifespan of a taste bud is about ten days.
- Whales have the slowest metabolism of all animals.
- Chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils.
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