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o Fruit eaten as vegetables include eggplant, peppers, pumpkin and tomatoes. o The largest recorded cabbage weighed 124 pounds (56 kg). o The largest seed is the double coconut, which weighs up to 55 pound (25 kg). o Nuts are a dry fruit with a hard wall around the seed. o Insects comprise 85% of all species on earth. o Some shrews and the duck-billed platypus are the only known poisonous animals. o The African elephant has the longest gestation period - 22 months. o The brindled bandicoot has the shortest gestation period - 12 days. o Weighing up to 485 pounds (220 kg), the gorilla is the largest primate. o After humans, elephants aged up to 90 years attain the longest life spans for mammals. o Pigs are the main meat in China. o India has the most cattle, and Australia has the most sheep. o Pandas spend most of their lives alone, only meeting other pandas in order to mate. o A species is counted as extinct if it is not found in the wild for 50 years. o Food spends three to five hours in the stomach and six to 20 hours in the large intestine. o Over 85% of Greenland, the world’s largest island, was once a massive ice sheet. o Top radio owners worldwide: U.S., Bermuda, Australia, Gibraltar, U.K. o Melanin is the pigment that gives skin its color; an uneven production of it causes freckles. o Your fingerprint patterns are formed months before your birth. o The tip of the index finger is one of the body’s most sensitive parts. o Ninety percent of all volcanic activity occurs in the oceans. o The oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface. o The oceans contain 97% of the Earth’s water, but less than 1% is fresh water. o Eighty percent of all life on earth is found under the ocean’s surface. o Longest stalactite: 20 feet 4 inches (6.2 meters) at Pollan Ionana cave in Ireland. o Longest stalagmite: 105 feet (32 meters) at Krasnohorska Cave in the Czech Republic. o The longest cave system is Mammoth Caves in Kentucky - 384 miles. o Butterflies don’t spin cocoons; moths spin cocoons. o There is as much ice in Antarctica as the Atlantic Ocean has water. o Icebergs have a four-year life span and begin entering shipping lanes after three years. o Algae produce over half of the oxygen we breathe. o Giant kelp is the fastest-growing plant in the world and can grow up to two feet in one day. o Seaweed is used in face creams, film, ice cream, cotton thread, medicines, and paint. o The sea is the world’s largest source of protein with 75 million tons of fish harvested annually. o Most fish are in the Southern Hemisphere because these waters are less exploited by man. o Fish species endangered by overfishing include tuna, salmon, haddock, halibut, and cod. o The ocean’s total salt content would cover the continents to a depth of five feet. o Feet contain approximately 250,000 sweat glands and excrete up to a cup of moisture daily. o Eating spicy food is a common cause of stinky feet. o One quarter of all bones in your body are in your feet, which have 52 bones. o Three fires in a triangle form are a recognized distress call. o Streaks on iris petals guide bees to the flower’s nectar. o The peacock’s fan, which is called a train, it’s not its tail; the real tail holds the train up. o The strong bond it makes with its mate is what gave the lovebird its name. o A flamingo gets its pink color from the algae and shrimp it eats.