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  • Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day: Koalas have a very low metabolic rate, which is why they spend most of their time sleeping to conserve energy.
  • Sharks are older than trees: Sharks have been around for more than 400 million years, whereas the first trees appeared around 350 million years ago.
  • There are more stars in the Milky Way than grains of sand on Earth: Our galaxy alone contains between 100 and 400 billion stars, vastly outnumbering Earth's sand grains.
  • A jiffy is a real unit of time: In physics, a jiffy is the time it takes light to travel one centimeter in a vacuum, approximately 33.3564 picoseconds.
  • Blue whales' hearts are so big you can swim through their arteries: The heart of a blue whale weighs about 400 pounds and is large enough for a human to swim through its arteries.
  • Turritopsis dohrnii is known as the "immortal jellyfish": This jellyfish can revert to its juvenile form after reaching adulthood, potentially allowing it to live indefinitely.
  • There are more synapses in the human brain than stars in the Milky Way: The human brain has about 100 trillion synapses, which is more than the number of stars in our galaxy.
  • Hot water freezes faster than cold water: Known as the Mpemba effect, under certain conditions, hot water can freeze more quickly than cold water.
  • Cows have best friends: Research shows that cows become stressed when separated from their best friends, which can affect their milk production.
  • Humans are the only animals that blush: Blushing is a unique human response triggered by feelings of embarrassment or shame.
  • A strawberry isn't a berry, but a banana is: Botanically speaking, strawberries are aggregate fruits, while bananas meet all the criteria to be classified as berries.
  • A day on Mercury is longer than a year on Mercury: Mercury takes 59 Earth days to complete one full rotation, but only 88 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
  • Pineapples take two years to grow: Pineapples take about 18-24 months to fully mature before they are ready to be harvested.
  • Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins: Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes, much longer than the average dolphin can.
  • The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes: The Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896 lasted just 38 minutes, making it the shortest recorded war in history.

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