- One teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh six-billion tons.
- Abe Lincoln was a professional wrestler long before he became the 16th President of the United States.
- Carrots weren’t always orange: they were once exclusively purple.
- Neptune’s days are 16 hours long.
- Nearly 10 percent of all of a cat’s bones are in its tail.
- Shrimps hearts are in their heads
- The nose can detect a trillion smells!
- One quarter of your bones are in your feet.
- Dogs have wet noses because they secrete a thin layer of mucus, which actually helps dogs smell!
- Your blood is as salty as the ocean.
- There are ice caves in Iceland that have hot springs.
- The very first animals in space were fruit flies…they were sent up in 1947 and recovered alive.
- Cherries are a member of the rose family (Rosaceae) as are quince, pears, plums, apples, peaches and raspberries!
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