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Have you ever had the pleasure of watching a flamingo feed itself? In case you haven't, the way flamingoes eat is quite unusual. They feed themselves with their heads upside down due to their anatomic structure.

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Are you one of those millions of people that have wondered whether penguins have knees or not at some stage in their lives? Well, here is the answer in case you have not found it out yet; yes, they do have knees.

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Cats use their whiskers to feel if they can fit through a small place, like a hole in a fence. If their whiskers fit through, they know their body will, too.

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Penguins are categorised as 'flightless birds'. They are the only birds that can swim but not fly. They are highly adapted for life in the water.

TIP: How To Prevent Cut Fruit from Discolouring

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To avoid the change of colour of cut fruit such as browning of apples and pears, rub some lemon (or lime or orange) on the cut surface. This will do trick to keep them nice and white as it prevents the air contact (oxidation) that causes the browning.

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It is possible to guess someone's sex by smelling their breath. Indeed, it is claimed that 95% of people can accurately guess gender by the smell of people's breath.

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Unlike human beings, sharks never stop growing, even when they reach adulthood.

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Some cows at Collingwood Children's Farm (Melbourne, VIC)

There is a load of factual information about cows that is interesting (in my opinion). Here is some of it for you.

• Cows don't have upper front teeth and that is the reason why they can't bite. They curl their large tongue around the grass instead to feed. 
• A cow spends approximately 6-7 hours a day to eat cud and about 8 hours to chew it. 
• They have almost 360-degree panoramic vision.
• Cows can drink up to 35 gallons of water a day (that is about 135 litres which is almost about a bathtub-full of water)!

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Grasshopers have green blood. It is due to the fact that they do not carry oxygen. 

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Dorothy Straight, who wrote a book at the age of 4, is known as the youngest published author in history. Her book, called 'How the World Began', published in 1964 by Pantheon Books. This book is still being sold by some stores.

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Blue whales are the largest living creatures on Earth, reaching up to 33m they can weigh up to 200t and their tongues can be as heavy as an elephant. The cry of the blue whale is louder than a jet plane and can be heard for hundreds of miles.

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The smallest roadworthy car measures 104.14 cm (41 in) high, 66.04 cm (26 in) wide and 132.08 cm (52 in).

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It is believed that the first toothpaste in history was made of wine and ground up rock.

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Navel oranges were named 'navel' because they have belly buttons, another word for navel. It is also a claimed fact that the larger the belly button, the sweeter the orange. 

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A chameleon's tongue can be longer than its body.

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Grazing animals such as cows, deer, antelopes and giraffes chew their food, swallow it, partially digest it in their stomachs, then barf the large pieces up, chew again and swallow them again. It is called 'rumination' and the animals that do it is called 'ruminants'. Some say that they have four stomachs but in reality, they have four compartments/parts in their stomachs.

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On average, a person living to 75 years of age will have slept approximately 23 years of their life (about 220,000 hours).

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 The largest eyeball ever recorded in history belongs to a colossal squid. Colossal squids have the world's biggest eyes.

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Did you know that Tug of War was an Olympic sport between 1900 and 1920? (To read more about Tug of War, you can click here or here.)

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Shell colour and egg size vary with the age of the hen. When the hen starts to lay, the shell of the egg will be brown and the eggs will be small. As the hen gets older, the eggs get larger and the shell colour fades. Yolk colour alters with the seasons. An abundance of green feed gives a golden glow to the yolk; however, in the middle of summer when the pastures are dry the yolk will be paler without affecting the quality of the egg.

Information source: Katham Springs (Kangaroo Island) biodynamic free range eggs.