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  • Did you know a fox litter is 10 to 15 pups
  • Did you know you can smell a skunk 1.6km (1 mile) away
  • Did you know there are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms
  • Did you know there are over 7,000 different types of apples
  • Did you know thin skinned lemons are the juiciest
  • Did you know on the average there are 8 peas in a pod
  • Did you know you have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple)
  • Did you know 93% of households in Denmark consume wine (the highest % in the world with France second with 85% of households)
  • Did you know chocolate is the number 1 food craved by women
  • Did you know Americans consume over 10 billion bowls of soup each year
  • Did you know chicken drumsticks contain the least amount of meat on a chicken
  • Did you know dark green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter ones
  • Did you know the average person consumes over a ton of food and drink each year
  • Did you know the most valuable nutrients of a potato are its skin
  • Did you know fresh apples float because they contain 25% air
  • Did you know green tea has 50% more vitamin C than black tea
  • Did you know lettuce is the worlds most popular green vegitable
  • Did you know more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
  • Did you know there are over 100 different viruses that cause the common cold
  • Did you know Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock
  • Did you know Finland has the largest number of islands in the world (over 179,550)
  • Did you know the average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food
  • Did you know Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country
  • Did you know 80% of all people hit by lightning are men
  • Did you know men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it)
  • Did you know all pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin
  • Did you know diamonds mined in Brazil are much harder than those found in Africa
  • Did you know employees of the Vatican pay no income tax
  • Did you know a bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second
  • Did you know flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds
  • Did you know a queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in one day
  • Did you know ants can lift 50 times their own weight
  • Did you know 80% of the world's food crops are pollinated by insects
  • Did you know 10% of with world's food supply is consumed by insects
  • Did you know most spiders have transparent blood
  • Did you know caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles
  • Did you know honey bees kill more people each year than snakes
  • Did you know there are over 100,000 different species of butterflies
  • Did you know there are over 80,000 different species of ants
  • Did you know all the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
  • Did you know an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
  • Did you know more than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
  • Did you know the world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
  • Did you know it takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster
  • Did you know rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40° above the horizon)
  • Did you know all hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days
  • Did you know there are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park
  • Did you know 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia
  • Did you know 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day
  • Did you know every living thing on the Earth contains carbon
  • Did you know the Pacific Ocean is the world's largest
  • Did you know it takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl
  • Did you know the average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn
  • Did you know 20% of China's plants are used in medicine
  • Did you know 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
  • Did you know the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
  • Did you know the diameter of Earth is 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
  • Did you know the diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles)
  • Did you know Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high
  • Did you know dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct
  • Did you know jellyfish have been on Earth for over 650 million years
  • Did you know sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years
  • Did you know some dinosaurs had tails over 13m (45 feet) long
  • Did you know the average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years
  • Did you know the tallest mammal is the giraffe
  • Did you know warthogs can reach speeds of 48km/h (29mph)
  • Did you know warthogs live for 15 years
  • Did you know 2 out of 5 people marry their first love
  • Did you know 30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats
  • Did you know 45% of people use mouthwash everyday
  • Did you know less than 20% of shark attacks are fatal
  • Did you know people in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country
  • Did you know the average shower tempreture is 38°C (101°F)
  • Did you know the algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's oxygen
  • Did you know there are 2,598,960 possible hands in a 5 card poker game
  • Did you know there are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building
  • Did you know a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in tall
  • Did you know a woodpecker can peck 20 times a second
  • Did you know catfish have over 100,000 taste buds
  • Did you know it takes 40 minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg