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Sea otters like to hold each other’s paws when they sleep, so they don’t drift apart while dreaming.
Did you know that jellyfish have been around even before dinosaurs?
All clownfish are born male! They can also all change their sex to female, but they can’t turn it back to male after doing so. So Nemo could become a girl fish all along!
Did you know apples come from the same plant family as roses? So do plums, raspberries, and many other delicious fruits. Next time, instead of roses, just send your mother a lovely bouquet of plums!
The first Akita dog came to this country in 1937 — as a present for Helen Keller!
Turns out, a dog’s paw print is just as unique as a human’s. Good news for dog detectives!
A camel can drink up to 40 gallons of water in one go. That’s seriously impressive!
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Don’t bring your crystal ball to Maryland! Fortune telling is illegal in the state.
Speaking of ferrets, did you know they used to be used to protect grain stores from rodents?
The technical term for a fear of long words is “”hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.” No way you can self-diagnose yourself with that one!
The White House has 35 bathrooms. So every bathroom break can be different for POTUS!
Greyhounds can run up to 45 mph. So don’t challenge one to a race!
Hiking naked is illegal in Switzerland. Though we must say, it doesn’t seem like a good idea in general!
A flock of flamingos is called… wait for it… a flamboyance! Fancy.
New York’s Central Park is bigger than Monaco. That’s right, one park is bigger than an entire country!
Using ferrets to hunt other animals is illegal in West Virginia. Good to know!
Ancient Greeks investigated animal structure and described the difference between arteries and veins around 500 BCE.
Don’t let the chicken cross the road in Georgia (the country.) No, seriously. It’s illegal!
A cabin fire on Apollo 1 killed three astronauts during a launch-pad test in 1967.
Here’s a fact to sit on: there are over 9,000 benches in Central Park.
Theodore Roosevelt’s kids had a pet bear, badger, and hyena, to name but a few animals — and they brought them all to the White House!
An analysis of nearly two-thirds of the world's languages shows that humans tend to use the same sounds for common objects and ideas.
There are over 700 ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbols. That’s a lot compared to 26 letters of alphabet!
An iPhone has about 75 elements in it — two-thirds of the periodic table.
A woodpecker’s tongue is bigger than its entire head. It keeps it wrapped up around its brain to protect it from the impact of all that pecking!
Saturn’s surface is less dense than water. That means it could float in your bathtub — if it were big enough.
Jackie Kennedy won an Emmy Award for her televised tour of The White House in 1962.
The expression “heart of gold” was invented by Shakespeare.
To make one pound of honey, a bee has to fly 90,000 miles! Though one bee typically only makes one-twelfth of a teaspoon of the stuff in its lifetime.