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Riddle: What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
Answer: A stamp
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Riddle: What has a thumb and four fingers, but is not a hand?
Answer: A glove
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Riddle: What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: A coin
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Riddle: Where does one wall meet the other wall?
Answer: On the corner
Cows are the leading agricultural cause of greenhouse gasses.
Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 one-liter bottles. And that's not the only thing they're pumping out: A herd of sixty cows can produce a ton of milk in less than a day.
Here's another bit of bonus trivia: They sleep standing up, but they only dream lying down.
Sea otters are adept at using tools.
While many scientists believe that tool use among dolphins is a relatively new phenomenon, a 2017 study published in Biology Letters suggests that otters may have been using tools for millions of years. Sea otters frequently use rocks to break open well-armored prey, such as snails.
Frogs can freeze without dying.
Why tolerate the cold when you could just freeze yourself solid? According to Kenneth Storey, a professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, frogs undergo repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
"We have false springs here all the time where it gets really warm and all the snow melts and then suddenly—bam—the wind comes from the north and it's back down to minus 10, minus 15 [Celsius], and they're fine," Storey told National Geographic.
Male horses have way more teeth than their female counterparts.
Male horses have about 40 permanent teeth, while females have just 36 to 40. According to the VCA Animal Hospital, the original purpose of these extra teeth was as fighting weaponry.
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Riddle: What building has the most stories?
Answer: The library
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Riddle: What tastes better than it smells?
Answer: Your tongue
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Riddle: What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
Answer: A deck of cards
Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day.
If you thought your cat was sleepy, just wait until you hear about koalas. According to the Australian Koala Foundation, these cuties sleep between 18 and 22 hours a day. The koalas' diets require a lot of energy to digest, which is why they've got to nap so much.
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Riddle: It stalks the countryside with ears that can’t hear. What is it?
Answer: Corn
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Riddle: What kind of coat is best put on wet?
Answer: A coat of paint
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Riddle: What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: Your legs
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Riddle: What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: A garbage truck
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Riddle: I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Answer: Seven
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Riddle: If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Answer: Nine
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Riddle: What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
Answer: One, two and three
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Riddle: Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Mary have?
Answer: Five—each daughter has the same brother.
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Riddle: Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Answer: Neither—they both weigh a ton.
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Riddle: Three doctors said that Bill was their brother. Bill says he has no brothers. How many brothers does Bill actually have?
Answer: None. He has three sisters.
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Riddle: Two fathers and two sons are in a car, yet there are only three people in the car. How?
Answer: They are a grandfather, father and son.
A group of ferrets is called a business.
No, it's not because they're so professional—it's a modernized form of "busyness," the word originally used to describe a group of these weasel-related mammals.
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Riddle: The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?
Answer: December 31; today is January 1.
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Riddle: A little girl goes to the store and buys one dozen eggs. As she is going home, all but three break. How many eggs are left unbroken?
Answer: Three
Octopuses can taste with their arms.
And yes, they are called arms, not tentacles. According to the Library of Congress, the animals can taste and grab with the suckers on their arms.
Even more impressive? Octopuses are capable of moving at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.
Dolphins have names for one another.
You already know that dolphins are smart. But did you know that they even have their own names? One 2013 study published in PNAS found that bottlenose dolphins develop specific whistles for one another.
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Riddle: A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
Answer: Three: A blonde, a brunette and a redhead
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Riddle: If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
Answer: You have two apples.