| A cockroach breaks wind every 15 minutes. |
| Setting suns are “redder” than a rising sun for only one reason: the day has kicked up enough dust to make it so. |
| The Basenji, an African dog, is the only dog that does not bark. |
| The red kangaroo can produce two different types of milk at the same time from adjacent teats to feed both younger and older offspring. |
| Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes. |
| A mockingbird has been known to change its tune 87 times over a one minute span. |
| The kangaroo rat can cover ground at a rate of 17 feet per second. It can leap as much as 18 inches straight up and can switch directions at the peak of its jump. |
| The common silkworm has eleven brains, but it only uses five of them. |
| Orangutans warn people to stay out of their territory by belching. |
| A snowflake can take up to a hour to fall from the cloud to the surface of the Earth. |