On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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A hippo sleeping underwater automatically rises to the surface every ~4 minutes and breathes without waking.
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Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.
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A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year.
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