- A horse's canter is a 3-beat gait. After the third beat all three legs are off the ground.
- The longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles).
- Hippopotamus milk is pink.
- 11% of people are left handed.
- Antarctica is home to the largest desert in the world.
- On your birthday you share it with 9 million others.
- The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific.
- Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062).
- The aphid insect is born pregnant.
- The most difficult-to-pronounce town is in Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll llantysiliogogogoch.
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