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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
While humans have 6 muscles in each ear, a cat has 32 muscles in each ear. |
Nature > Animals |
04/13/15 |
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2 |
When a Tasmanian Devil has a fat tail it means that it is healthy. |
Nature > Animals |
06/19/08 |
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3 |
Traveling 0.03 MPH, it would take 33.3 hours for a garden snail to travel a mile. |
Nature > Insects |
01/09/15 |
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4 |
Tigers have striped skin under their fur. |
Nature > Animals |
07/25/09 |
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5 |
The tuatara is a type of lizard that has three eyes. |
Nature > Animals |
06/13/08 |
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6 |
The tongue of a chameleon is longer than its body. |
Nature > Animals |
09/30/08 |
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7 |
The teeth of rodents never stop growing. |
Nature > Animals |
09/11/20 |
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8 |
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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9 |
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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10 |
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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11 |
The scientific name of the red fox is Vulpes Vulpes. |
Nature > Animals |
07/27/15 |
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12 |
The scientific name of the giraffe is Giraffa Camelopardalis |
Nature > Animals |
10/06/17 |
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13 |
The platypus is a monotreme. |
Nature > Animals |
05/21/08 |
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14 |
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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15 |
The name of a baby swan is a cygnet. |
Nature > Animals |
06/04/08 |
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