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DID YOU

KNOW

• There are no mosquitoes in Iceland

• Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints

• Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words

• Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour

• A pregnant goldfish is called a twerp

• A cow gives nearly 200 000 glasses of milk in her lifetime

• Sheep will not drink from running water

• Seeing someone else smile Makes you happier

• Female elephants produce only one offspring every five years

• There are 450 types of cheese in the world, 250 come from France
• Barbie is 25cm tall

• Seals sleep underwater and surface for air without waking

• Daily, the human race grows by about 214,000 people

• Graffitiis the Italian word for “scratched drawings”

• Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called
“trailers”

• The Beatles used the word “love” in songs 613 times throughout their career

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