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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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| 106 |
The gestation period of an elephant is 22 months. |
Nature > Animals |
07/16/10 |
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| 107 |
The heaviest insect in the world is the Goliath Beetle. |
Nature > Insects |
05/15/08 |
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| 108 |
The name of a baby swan is a cygnet. |
Nature > Animals |
06/04/08 |
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| 109 |
The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal in the world which can reach up to 200 mph. |
Nature > Animals |
09/05/08 |
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| 110 |
The platypus is a monotreme. |
Nature > Animals |
05/21/08 |
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| 111 |
The sky, when not clouded over, in seen as a blue color due to the scattering of light waves by the particles and gases in the air. In the morning, the sky looks pink or red because there are more short wavelengths being scattered than medium (Blue) waves. Likewise, at sunset there are quite a bit more long waves, which are red, being scattered. |
Nature |
04/07/13 |
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| 112 |
The spotted turtle is identified by yellow spots that are scattered on its carapace; this turtle also has yellow and orange spots on its head, limbs, and neck. |
Nature > Animals |
12/24/08 |
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| 113 |
The technical term for a cat's hairball ( or any hairball spitting animal ) is a trichobezoar, or for short, a bezoar. |
Nature > Animals |
12/31/12 |
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| 114 |
The tongue of a chameleon is longer than its body. |
Nature > Animals |
09/30/08 |
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| 115 |
The tuatara is a type of lizard that has three eyes. |
Nature > Animals |
06/13/08 |
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| 116 |
Tigers have striped skin under their fur. |
Nature > Animals |
07/25/09 |
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| 117 |
When a Tasmanian Devil has a fat tail it means that it is healthy. |
Nature > Animals |
06/19/08 |
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