General Knowledge Facts - Part 6

1. Rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated.

2. Porsche also builds tractors.

3. The lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years.

4. Emus can't walk backwards.

5. African elephants only have 4 teeth.

6. Hot water freezes quicker than cold water.

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1. No two spider webs are the same.

2. The study of insects is called entomology.

3. Once a women reachs the age of 30 they lose 1% of their bone mass every year thereafter (by the time a women is 50 she will have lost 20%)

4. The center of the Sun is approximately 15 million °C.

5. The human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour.

6. In Germany, an official approval is needed before a new born is named.

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1. A group of whales is called a pod.

2. A soap bubble is 10,000 times thinner than the average human hair

3. 'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.

4. 56% of typing is completed by your left hand.

5. Human head contains 22 bones.

6. Sharks are immune to all known diseases.

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1. E is the most frequently used letter in English.

2. The first metered taxi was introduced in 1907.

3. A Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure.

4. The drinking straw was invented in 1886.

5. Most birds eat twice their body weight each day.

6. A blue whale can go up to 6 months without eating.

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