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  • Octopuses have three hearts: Two pump blood to the gills, while the third pumps it to the rest of the body.

  • Honey never spoils: Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still edible.

  • Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't: Botanically, bananas qualify as berries, while strawberries do not.

  • An eagle's eyesight is about 8 times stronger than a human's: They can spot a rabbit from more than 3 kilometers away.

  • Hot water freezes faster than cold water: This phenomenon is known as the Mpemba effect, though the exact reasons are still debated.

  • Sharks existed before trees: Sharks have been around for over 400 million years, while the earliest trees appeared about 350 million years ago.

  • There's a species of jellyfish that can live forever: The Turritopsis dohrnii can revert to its juvenile form after reaching adulthood, theoretically living indefinitely.

  • Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid: She lived about 2,000 years ago, while the pyramid was built around 4,500 years ago.

  • Sloths only defecate once a week: This rare event can account for up to a third of their body weight.

  • There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe: The number of possible positions is estimated to be 10^120.

  • The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes: The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 was the shortest recorded war in history.

  • Wombats have cube-shaped poop: This helps it stay in place and mark their territory without rolling away.

  • An astronaut's height can increase by up to 2 inches in space: Without the compression of gravity, the spine can stretch.

  • Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system: Despite being second from the Sun, its thick atmosphere traps heat, making its surface temperature around 467°C (872°F).

  • Koalas have fingerprints almost identical to humans: Their fingerprints are so similar that they could be confused at a crime scene.

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