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A baby octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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A bird 'chews' with its stomach.
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A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.
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A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle!
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A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel!
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A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel.
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A broken clock is always right twice a day.
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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A chameleon?s tongue is twice the length of its body.
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A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
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A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!
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A coffee tree yields about one pound of coffee in a year.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate!
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A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.
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A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.
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A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
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A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
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A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!
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A fire in Australia has been burning for more than 5,000 years!
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A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
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