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| A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume. |
| The acronym I.O.U. actually stands for 'Is Owed Unto'. |
| California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ. |
| The abdomen of the ant contains two stomachs. One stomach holds the food for itself and second stomach is for food to be shared with other ants. |
| Adult ants cannot chew and swallow solid food. Instead they swallow the juice which they squeeze from pieces of food. |
| Ants use their antenae not only for touch, but also for their sense of smell. |
| The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days. |
| An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human. |
| Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight. |
| If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse. |
| Ants know when they are going to die. |
| Ostriches live about 75 years and can reproduce for 50 years. |
| The most destructive disease is malaria. More than 1.5 million people die from malaria every year. |
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