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Elevii clasei a VIII-a E

            Prof. Moldovan Cristina
                                                                •Horses            and cows             sleep
                                                                standing up.
            10  AMAZING  FACTS  ABOUT

            ANIMALS

                                                                •Dragonflies          have  got  six  legs  but
                                                                they cannot walk.

            Here  are  some  amazing  facts  about  animal
                                                                Taifas Claudia, clasa a VIII-a D
            that you won‘t believe are true:                    Prof. Moldovan Cristina


            •Elephants          are the only mammal that
            can‘t jump.                                         DID YOU KNOW....

                                                                Let’s  take  a  look  at  ten  interesting  facts
            •It is physically impossible for pigs      to
                                                                about the English language.
            look up into the sky.                               •English is the language of the air. This means


                                                                that all pilots have to identify themselves and

            •A group of frogs          is called an army.       speak  in  English  while  flying,  regardless  of
                                                                their origin.

                                                                •English  is  the  official  language  of  67
            •Cats           are  not  able  to  taste  anything   countries.
            that is sweet.                                      •The  first  English  dictionary  was  written  in

                                                                1755.

                                                                •The  sentence  ‟the  quick  brown  fox  jumps
            •Kangaroos           cannot walk backwards.
                                                                over  the  lazy  dog‟  uses  every  letter  of  the
                                                                English Alphabet.

                                                                •‘Dreamt‘is the only English  word that  ends
            •Snails            take  the  longest  naps  with
            some lasting as long as three years.                in the letters ‘mt‘.

                                                                •Number  four  is  the  only  with  the  same

            •A  shark        is  the  only  known  fish  that   amount of letters.
            can blink with both eyes.                           •The word‘queueing‟ is the only English word

                                                                with five consecutive vowels.
            •A shrimp‘s heart         is in its head.           •‘Swims‘ wil  be ‘swims‘even when is  turned

                                                                upside  down.  Such  words  are  called
                                                                ambigrams.

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