Fact of the Day

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By eating pest insects, bats save the U.S. agricultural industry an estimated $3 billion per year

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There are more atoms in a glass of water than glasses of water in all the oceans on earth

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If you’re single don’t despair. You can celebrate Singles Awareness Day (SAD) instead.

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Polar bears have black skin

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The recently discovered bone-house wasp stuffs the walls of its nest with dead ants.

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Earth is the only planet not named after a god.

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Dogs' sense of smell is about 100,000 times stronger than humans', but they have just one-sixth our number of taste buds

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Azara's owl monkeys are more monogamous than human

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The extinct colossus penguin stood as tall as LeBron James

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Less time separates the existence of humans and the tyrannosaurus rex than the T-rex and the stegosaurus

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Animals with smaller bodies and faster metabolism see in slow motion

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Owls don't have eyeballs. They have eye tubes

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Squirrels can't burp or vomit

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Only 1/2 half of young reindeer will make it to maturity

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The sounds of a humpback whale can be heard up to 15 miles away

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A wolf’s sense of smell is 100 times better a human sense of smell

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By eating insect pests, bats save the US Agriculture industry an estimated $3 billion per year

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The claws of the mantis shrimp can accelerate as quick as a .22 caliber bullet

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A single strand of spider silk is thinner than a human hair but 5 times stronger than steel the same width.

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The Amazon rainforest produces half the world’s oxygen