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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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106 |
A group of archer fish is called a company. |
Nature > Animals |
07/10/09 |
|
107 |
Tigers have striped skin under their fur. |
Nature > Animals |
07/25/09 |
|
108 |
1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. |
Nature > Animals |
03/30/10 |
|
109 |
Giraffes have 7 vertebrae, the same number as humans and most other mammals. |
Nature > Animals |
06/04/10 |
|
110 |
The gestation period of an elephant is 22 months. |
Nature > Animals |
07/16/10 |
|
111 |
Research indicates that the hippopotamus may be the closest living relative of the cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises). |
Nature > Animals |
08/15/11 |
|
112 |
A half eaten banana was sold on eBay for £1,650. |
Nature > Plants |
12/03/11 |
|
113 |
A lemon has more sugar than a strawberry. |
Nature |
07/07/12 |
|
114 |
Sugar can kill Snails. |
Nature > Animals |
11/15/12 |
|
115 |
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 |
|
116 |
Hippo milk is pink! |
Nature > Animals |
01/01/13 |
|
117 |
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 |
|
118 |
An egg white is called the albumen. |
Nature > Animals |
06/25/13 |
|
119 |
Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. |
Nature > Animals |
09/20/13 |
|
120 |
The average cat sleeps about 16 hours a day. |
Nature > Animals |
11/01/13 |
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