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Bits & Pieces (trivia facts)

Squirrels plant thousands of new trees each year simply by forgetting where they put their acorns.

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Your brain generates enough energy to turn a light bulb on.

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People are more likely to remember the first and last things they read on a list than anything else is.

Thirty-six human hearts could fit into a giraffe’s heart.

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Standing while working on the computer will increase your productivity and will make you more focused.

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The first tiger shark to hatch inside of its mother’s womb eats all the other embryos of its siblings. Even scientists admit that this is an unusual mode of survival.

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High heeled shoes were originally created for men.

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Baby porcupines are called porcupettes.

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Bubble Wrap was originally intended to be used as 3D wallpaper. 

Earth is not a perfect sphere. Our planet is squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator.

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Koalas and humans have remarkably similar fingerprints.

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Canada has more lakes  than anywhere in the world. 9% of the country is covered in fresh water.

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M & M stands for Mars and Murie (surnames of the sons of the founders of Mars and Hershey companies).

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Some cats are allergic to people!

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The longest weddding veil was longer than 63 football pitches.

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The 100 folds in a chefs hat represent 100 ways to cook an egg.

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You can hear a blue whales heartbeat from more than 2 miles away.

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Four times more people speak English as a second language than as a native one.

Elvis only won 3 Grammys.

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Coca-Cola was the first drink in space.

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The speed of a computer mouse is measured in “Mickeys”.

Baby sea otters can’t swim.

“It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow” (did you just try it?). 💪

“A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out”. 😋

“A shrimp’s heart is in its head” ❤

“If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib”. 🤧

“Most people fall asleep in seven minutes”. 😴

“In the course of an average lifetime, while sleeping you might eat around 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders, or more”. 🕷🐜🦟

“Kangaroos can not walk backwards”

“The average person spends two weeks of their life waiting at traffic lights”. 🚦

“A bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100, 000 of bread”. ⚡

“You can hear a blue whale’s heartbeat from two miles away”. 🐳

“Olympic gold medals are actually made out of silver”. 🥈

“You might think that stars are all the same, but each star is a different colour depending on their temperature”. ⭐

“The opposite sides of the dice always add up to seven”. 🎲

“Each year about 100 million bikes are produced worldwide”. 🚲