India is the largest democracy in the world.
80% of the flowers in the Australian rainforests are not found anywhere else in the world.
Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison.
For more than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to close wounds in India, Asia and South America.
Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do.
The American President Abraham Lincoln was a great lover of Shakespeare’s plays and frequently recited from them to his friends. His assassin, John Wilkes Booth was a famous Shakespearean actor.
The trees of a tropical rainforest are so densely packed that rain falling on the canopy can take as long as 10 minutes to reach the ground.
India is one of the largest exporter of computer software products. It exports software to over 90 countries.
The largest recorded snowflake was 15 Inch wide and 8 Inch thick. It fell in Montana in 1887.
250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.
A 75 year old person will have slept about 23 years.
Octopus have three hearts.
The body has 2-3 million sweat glands.
Former president Bill Clinton only sent 2 emails in his entire 8 year presidency.
Cold weather makes fingernails grow faster.
The first bullet proof vest and windshield wiper blades were both invented by a women.
Squirrels forget where 50% of the nuts they've hidden are.
For a butterfly to fly it must have a body temperature of no less than 86 degrees fahrenheit or 30 degrees celsius.
There are no snakes in New Zealand.
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