- The game of Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920.
- Born in 1777, German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss contributed brilliant work in geometry, statistics, number theories, algebra and much more.
- Children have more taste buds than adults.
- A chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body.
- Horses can't vomit.
- Brazil is named after a tree.
- A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
- Trees do not have life expectancies (most can grown indefinitely).
- Pandas spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo.
- 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.
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