Jumping fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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The sound of a tiger's roar can travel a distance of up to 2 miles (~3 km).
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Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.
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Researchers say that lining the toilet seat with paper is pretty much pointless
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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