- There are more insects in the world than all other animals combined.
- There are more fake than real flamingos.
- Hawaii is the only U.S. state never to report a temperature of zero.
- The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature.
- The largest living organism in the world is a fungus. It is in Oregon, covering 2,200 acres and is still growing.
- When your face blushes so does your stomach lining.
- The 100 folds in a chef's hat represent the 100 ways to cook an egg.
- Pinocchio is Italian for 'pine head'.
- You blink over 4 million times a year.
- In the 17th century Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler made important discoveries relating to planetary motion and orbits.
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