- An ostrich can outrun a horse.
- The word 'taxi' is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, and Portuguese.
- In 2015, the Oxford word of the year was the tears of joy emoji.
- There are over 900,000 known species of insects.
- A human brain weighs around 3 pounds.
- The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink.
- Horses can't vomit.
- A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
- Dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct.
- The average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years.
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