Everything weighs one percent less at the equato

There are 200 000 000 insects for every one human

Killer Whales (Orcas) are dolphins and not whales

Giraffes only sleep for about 5 minutes at a time

An elephant weighs less than a blue whale s tongue

Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side

Palm trees are not technically trees they re grass

Animals Octopuses eat with their hands like humans

The squid oyster and octopus each have three hearts

An elephant s trunk has no bones but 40 000 muscles

Jellyfish kill more people each year than sharks do

Cats actually can t see what s under their own nose

All humans have tiny mites living on their eyelashes

A female Komodo dragon can give birth without a male

About 70% of all organisms in the world are Bacteria