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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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91 |
A group of starlings is called a murmuration. |
Nature > Animals |
12/28/08 |
|
92 |
A group of woodpeckers is called a descent. |
Nature > Animals |
12/27/08 |
|
93 |
A group of ravens is called either an unkindness or a storytelling. |
Nature > Animals |
12/27/08 |
|
94 |
A group of magpies is called a tiding. |
Nature > Animals |
12/27/08 |
|
95 |
A group of gnus is called either a herd or an implausibility. |
Nature > Animals |
12/27/08 |
|
96 |
A group of mice is called a mischief. |
Nature > Animals |
12/26/08 |
|
97 |
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 |
|
98 |
A group of crows is called a murder. |
Nature > Animals |
12/23/08 |
|
99 |
A group of porpoises is called a pod. |
Nature > Animals |
12/23/08 |
|
100 |
A group of apes is called a shrewdness. |
Nature > Animals |
12/23/08 |
|
101 |
A group of lions is called a pride. |
Nature > Animals |
12/21/08 |
|
102 |
Eagles build their nests, called eyries. |
Nature > Animals |
10/19/08 |
|
103 |
A chameleon's tongue can shoot out of its mouth at a speed of about 26 body lengths per second. |
Nature > Animals |
10/06/08 |
|
104 |
The blue whale is the largest animal in the world. |
Nature > Animals |
10/03/08 |
|
105 |
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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