Banana plants are the largest plants without a woody stem (they belong to the same family as lilies, orchids and palms)
There are 132 rooms in the US White House
The Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons
The Eiffel Tower is repainted every 7 years
England's Stonehenge is over 5,000 years old
The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand
Catfish have over 100,000 taste buds
A woodpecker can peck 20 times a second
Newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall
Chameleon's tongue is twice as long as its body
Chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time
There are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building
Nintendo first produced playing cards
Raindrops are not tear shaped (they more resemble the shape of a tiny hamburger bun)
When baby polar bear cubs are born they cannot see or hear for their first month
The average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years
Some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long
Jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years
Dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct
Dolphin's can detect underwater sounds from 24 km (15 miles) away
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