The most common colour for highlighters is yellow because it doesn't leave a shadow on the page when photocopied. |
Despite the white, fluffy appearance of polar bears' fur (which is transparent), they actually have black skin. |
The bird with the most feathers is the whistling swan, with up to 25,000 feathers. Hummingbirds on the other hand, are so small that they have fewer than 1,000. |
The brain takes the longest of any organ to develop and goes through more changes than any other organ in the human body. |
Unlike most birds that sing, a woodpecker will drum its beak against a tree. Other woodpeckers can identify which bird it is by the sound of the drumming. |
Audrey Hepburn was able to speak English, Spanish, Dutch, Italian and French fluently. |
Potato chips were invented after a chef lost his temper with a customer who kept asking for his potatoes to be more fried and thinner. |
Cheetahs are extremely fast, however, they tire quickly and can only keep up their top speed for a few minutes before they are too tired to continue. |
At Fatburger, you can order a Hypocrite - a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon. |
Cleaning a cat's litter box can cause Toxoplasmosis, if the cat is infected. |