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o If a flock loses its rooster, a hen may step in, stop laying eggs, and begin to crow. o The dwarf shark is no bigger than your hand, but a whale sharks is as big as a bus. o VCRs use magnets to play both pictures and sound. o Videotape is made up of millions of magnetic particles glued to the tape. o If you draw a line through the Sun’s middle it would be 865,000 miles long (1.5 million km). o Early vacuum cleaners used gasoline instead of electricity. o The Moon travels around the Earth about 13 times per year. o Molds are living things that exist by eating dead plants or animals. o There are over 70,000 types of fungus. o Instruments all make sound by means of vibration. o Sound can travel through anything that vibrates. o The South Pole has a desert. o A rhino’s horn is made of compacted hair. o You can catch a cold by getting cold; only germs can make you sick. o Twenty-five million gallons of water can fall during a 20-minute thunderstorm. o A volcano never has fire in it, only heat. o Some medicines are made from sulfur in volcanic ash. o Quinine, used to cure malaria, comes from the cinchona plant. o Robert Ludlow was the tallest recorded man at 8 ft. 11.1 in (272 cm). o The stegosaurus had an elephant-sized body and a walnut-sized brain. o Parakeets, mynahs, and African gray parrots are the most talkative pet birds. o Hamsters originated in Syria. o The quahog clam is the longest-living sea creature: aged 150 years. o Record domestic litters include 19 cats and 23 dogs. o With jaws shut, a crocodile’s fourth tooth protrudes but all of an alligator’s teeth are hidden. o Frogs spend more time in the water than toads. o The pill bug is one of the few crustaceans that live on land. o Squids, cuttlefish, and octopuses are carnivores. o Smallest mammal: bumblebee bat, 0.07 oz. (2 grams); tallest animal: giraffe, 18 ft. (5.5 m). o Because it is so absorbent, peat moss can be used to dress wounds. o A chameleon’s tongue is twice as long as its body. o No two spotted cows have exactly the same pattern. o The only birds with penises are swans. o Maybe ostriches should put their heads in the sand; their eyes are bigger than their brains. o The loudest animal sound is produced by the blue whale - a 188 decibel whistle. o Dr. Alphonse Rockwell, a dentist, was the inventor of the electric chair. o Go right, no left - bats always go left upon exiting a cave. o The first e-mail was sent in 1971. o Starfish don’t have brains. o Most likely, your left foot is larger than your right. o Moses stuttered. o Only 29% of married couples agree on most political issues. o There are three times as many cows as people in Montana. o Hawaii is the only U.S. state where coffee is grown. o Monkeys don’t get fleas.