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The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet

The Kodiak, which is native to Alaska, is the largest bear and can measure up to eight feet and weigh as much as 1,700 pounds

A maggot doesn't have teeth – it oozes a kind of spit called ferment onto its food. This dissolves the food, and the maggot then sucks it up.

Starfish eat by regurgitating their stomach on top of their food. If they dont like what they are eating they detach the stomach and grow a new one.

A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.

The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth's surface.

Women smile more than men do

Women shoplift more often than men; the statistics are 4 to 1.

Only female mosquitoes bite and suck blood – they need the protein in blood so that they can lay eggs. The males only eat nectar from flowers.

In 1971, the postal code was introduced in Ottawa, Ontario

All snakes on the island of Tasmania are poisonous.

Titanic was running at 22 knots when she hit the iceberg

All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.

The equatorial bulge of the earth does not rest along the equator. The highest point of the bulge is actually located 25 feet to the south.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak

Chedder cheese is the best selling cheese in the USA

A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.

The amount of Kit Kat chocolate bars that are made at the York factory every 15 minutes are enough to outstack the Eiffel Tower

BluBlocker sunglasses were developed with lenses that were used in the NASA space program for American astronauts

Bill Gates'house was designed using a Macintosh computer.

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