Facts and Asides

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Insects make two thirds of known species
→ The world’s crawling with them creatures!
Crickets hear through their knees
→ Lends a completely different meaning to ‘knock-knees’.
The East Alligator river, in Australia’s Northern Territory, was
misnamed. It contains crocodiles not alligators
→ We’re all shedding crocodile tears!
The Kinkajou’s tail is twice as long as its body. Every night,
it wraps itself up in its tail and uses it as a pillow.
→ The height of multi-functionality! Naturally!
Lobsters are scared of octopuses. The sight of one makes a
lobster freeze.
→ Baby lobster to mum “That octopus gives me the
shivers!”
A cat’s jaw cannot move sideways.
→ Serves them right for those nine lives they have!
Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them
made with the ears.
→ That , my friend, is a lot of doggone dog-eared
expressions!
In Vermont, the ratio of cows to people is 10:1.
→ That is one heck of a cow-town!
Chickens lay the most eggs when pop music is played than any
other music.
→ P(l)op! P(l)op! P(l)op!
The Platypus can eats its weight in worms every day!
→ My, those must be some weighty worms!
Drinking water reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.
→ What about your mouth giving me acidity!
A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won’t.
→ Talk about being stubborn!
Pigs can become alcoholics.
→ More wine to the swine!
A blue whale’s tongue weighs more than an elephant.
→ So if a blue whale wags its tongue, an elephant will
dance!
The human brain stops growing at the age of 18.
→ Ah, that explains a lot, about a lot of people!
It takes an interaction of 72 different muscles to produce human
speech.
→ How many does it take to stop human speech?

Your thumb is the same length as your nose.
→ It’s true! Thumbing your nose has a new meaning!
Every tongue has a unique tongue print.
→ You don’t need to tell me this! I hear you every day!
A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s.
→ That explains why when a woman is in love, her heart
beats faster! But a man just has knots in his stomach!
The brain requires 25 percent of all oxygen used by the body.
→ More energy to the brain!
Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
→ I shall smite thee with mine!
The lens of the eye continues to grow throughout a person’s
life.
→ So now you know why your parents keep saying “I
wish you could see life through my eyes!” They just have a
bigger lens!
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