The only insect that can turn it's head is a praying mantis.
Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms per day.
St. Bernard dogs do not carry kegs of brandy, and never have.
In his book 'The Insects', naturalist Url N. Lanham reports that the aphid reproductive cycle is so rapid that the females are born pregnant.
The oldest known goldfish lived to 41 years of age. Its name was Fred.
You can tell a turtle's gender by the noise it makes. Males grunt, females hiss.
Cat's urine glows under a black light
The starfish is the only animal that can turn it's stomach inside out.
The elephant is the only mammal that is unable to jump.
Only only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up it's stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it's mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.
Mosquitoes have teeth.
The penguin is the only bird that can swim but not fly.
Slugs have 4 noses.
Owls are the only birds that can see the color blue.
Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.
A jellyfish is 95% water.
Horses and rabbits cannot vomit.
A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.
Smartest dogs: (in order) 1) border collie 2)poodle 3)golden retriever.
Dumbest dog: Afghan
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing.
The airplane Buddy Holly died in was named the American Pie.
Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso.
Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.
Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.
The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.
Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
Alexander the Great was an epileptic.
Charles de Gaulle's final words were, 'It hurts.'
Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
Dr. Seuss pronounced 'Seuss' such that it rhymed with 'rejoice.'
Charlie Brown's father was a barber.
In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said 'Play it again, Sam.'
Sherlock Holmes never said 'Elementary, my dear Watson.'
Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. (Hence, the light bulb?)
Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant ‘plenty of excrement.'
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.
Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.
Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister
Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.
Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.
Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.
Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental United States,and Zabriskie Point (in Death Valley) , the lowest point in the United States, are less than eighty miles apart.
The state of Florida is bigger than England.
Mexico's east coast is sinking into the sea at the rate of one to two inches per year.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
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