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  • Horses and cows can sleep standing up: However, they can only experience deep sleep when lying down.
  • Peanuts are not nuts: Despite their name, peanuts are legumes, related to beans and lentils.
  • The world's oldest toy is a stick: Sticks have been a favorite plaything for humans and animals alike throughout history.
  • You can't hum while holding your nose: Try it! The air has to escape through your nose to create the humming sound.
  • Cows have best friends: Cows form close bonds with other cows and can become stressed when separated from them.
  • An octopus has nine brains: One central brain controls the nervous system, and one smaller brain controls each of its eight arms.
  • The inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in one: Fred Baur, the inventor of the iconic can, had his ashes buried in one after he passed away.
  • Hot water freezes faster than cold water: This phenomenon, known as the Mpemba effect, is still not fully understood by scientists.
  • Humans are the only animals that blush: Blushing is a unique emotional response to embarrassment that only humans experience.
  • There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way: There are an estimated 3 trillion trees on Earth, compared to 100-400 billion stars in our galaxy.
  • The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts 57 seconds: The flight between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland covers just 1.7 miles.
  • A group of pugs is called a "grumble": This delightful term perfectly captures the social and sometimes noisy nature of pugs.
  • Bananas are naturally radioactive: Bananas contain potassium-40, a radioactive isotope of potassium, but the levels are so low that they're completely safe to eat.
  • Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins: Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes, while dolphins can hold theirs for about 10 minutes.
  • A strawberry is not actually a berry, but a banana is: Botanically speaking, berries are simple fruits stemming from one flower with one ovary, making bananas berries but not strawberries.

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