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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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31 |
Laughing requires activity in five different areas of the brain. |
Nature |
12/15/13 |
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32 |
Large insects that make their hives in wood, measuring nearly 1 inch in length and resembling bumblebees in both size and appearance are called Carpenter Bees. |
Nature > Insects |
09/17/08 |
|
33 |
Lady bugs are in the Coleoptera order. |
Nature > Insects |
09/19/08 |
|
34 |
Lady Bugs are beneficial in the garden because they are predators that eat aphids, spider mites and other insects. |
Nature > Insects |
09/22/08 |
|
35 |
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but impossible to lead it down the stairs. |
Nature > Animals |
06/01/09 |
|
36 |
In order to be classified as a category five hurricane, a storm must have winds exceeding 155 mph (69 m/s; 249 km/h). |
Nature |
06/04/08 |
|
37 |
In factory farms, the beaks of fowl birds are sometimes removed to prevent aggression. |
Nature > Animals |
04/25/14 |
|
38 |
Hippo milk is pink! |
Nature > Animals |
01/01/13 |
|
39 |
Giraffes have 7 vertebrae, the same number as humans and most other mammals. |
Nature > Animals |
06/04/10 |
|
40 |
Fish are vertebrates that are usually ectothermic (coldblooded). |
Nature > Animals |
06/07/08 |
|
41 |
Elms belong in the genus "Ulmus". |
Nature > Plants |
01/20/09 |
|
42 |
Eagles build their nests, called eyries. |
Nature > Animals |
10/19/08 |
|
43 |
Crabs have 10 legs. |
Nature > Animals |
07/17/08 |
|
44 |
Colonies or rookery is what you call a group of penguins. |
Nature > Animals |
06/28/08 |
|
45 |
Click beetles are so named because of the clicking noise they make when they are on their backs and throw themselves in the air in an effort to land on their feet. |
Nature > Insects |
10/02/08 |
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