• In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum.

• In New Jersey, cabbages can't be sold on Sunday.

• Sharks can live up to 100 years. Humans have 46
 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.

• KIWIS are the only birds which hunt by sense
 of smell.

• The only 2 animals that can see what’s behind it without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.

• Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of
 tea were used as money in Siberia.

• Vitamin K is necessary for clotting of blood.

• Giraffes can not swim.

• Bird Feeding; do not feed birds on avocado since its a toxic to birds.

• Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous
 system. A chocolate portion is enough to kill
 a small sized dog.

• An OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its
 head to 270 degrees.

• By the age of sixty, most people have lost half
 of their taste buds.

• The X's that people use to sign off in letters or notes to mean a kiss, actually started back in the 1000's when Lords would sign their names at the end of documents to other important people. It was originally a cross that they would kiss after signing to signify that they were faithful to God and their King. Over the years though, it slanted into the X.

• The term Cop comes from Constable on
 Patrol, which is a term used in England.

• Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.

• Porcupines float on water.

• Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye".

• The longest recorded flight of a chicken is
 13 seconds.

• A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute
 on average.

• Camels have three eyelids to protect
 themselves from sand.

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