Kangaroos cannot move their legs independently.
A violin can contain up to 70 separate pieces of wood.
There is a town/city named Lincoln in every state of the USA.
A male swan is called a cob, like corn on the cob. And a female swan is called a pen.
You can get rid of your hiccups by holding your breath and swallowing three times.
Harpo (Harpo Studios) is just Oprah backwards.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's middle name (Alois), really does mean "Famous Warrior" in German...Hence Arnold Schwarzenegger's middle name is "Famous Warrior".
The shark in "Jaws" was named Bruce, after Steven Spielberg's lawyer.
Friggatriskaidekaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.
Abraham Lincoln hated being called "Abe".
Coffee trees are usually found no more than 1,000 miles from the equator because they grow only in tropical and subtropical climates.
One beaver can cut up to 216 trees a year.
40% of all fish species inhabit fresh water, yet less than .01% of the earth's water is fresh water.
There is no word you can write with the bottom row of the keyboard.
Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue.
Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours.
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
One out of ten children in Europe are conceived on an IKEA bed.
The largest recorded earthquake was a 9.5 quake in Chile in 1960.
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