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  • Peanuts are not nuts: Peanuts are legumes, not true nuts. They belong to the same family as beans and lentils.
  • Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than to the building of the pyramids: The Great Pyramid was built around 2560 BC, while Cleopatra lived around 30 BC, and the moon landing occurred in 1969 AD.
  • The inventor of the Pringles can is now buried in one: Fred Baur, the inventor of the Pringles can, requested to be buried in one, and his family honored his request.
  • Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins: Sloths can slow their heart rate and hold their breath for up to 40 minutes, while dolphins need to surface for air every 10 minutes.
  • The shortest war in history lasted 38 minutes: The Anglo-Zanzibar War, fought between the United Kingdom and the Sultanate of Zanzibar on August 27, 1896, lasted less than an hour.
  • Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't: Botanically, bananas qualify as berries, while strawberries do not meet the criteria to be classified as such.
  • A small child could swim through the veins of a blue whale: The blue whale's arteries are so large that a small child could swim through them.
  • Venus rotates backward: Venus has a retrograde rotation, meaning it spins in the opposite direction of most planets in our solar system.
  • There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal: The Turritopsis dohrnii jellyfish can revert to its juvenile form after reaching adulthood, effectively living forever.
  • Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas: About 60% of human DNA is shared with bananas, highlighting the surprising similarities between all living organisms.
  • You can hear rhubarb grow: In spring, rhubarb plants grow so quickly that you can hear the popping and cracking sounds as they expand.
  • The world's largest snowflake was 15 inches wide: The largest snowflake ever recorded fell in Fort Keogh, Montana, in 1887 and measured 15 inches across.
  • Bees sometimes sting other bees: Bees will attack and sting other bees that are from a different hive if they feel threatened or are defending their colony.
  • There's an island in Japan full of rabbits: Okunoshima, also known as "Rabbit Island," is home to hundreds of wild rabbits that roam freely and interact with tourists.
  • Water can boil and freeze at the same time: This phenomenon, called the triple point, occurs when temperature and pressure conditions are just right for the three phases (gas, liquid, and solid) of a substance to coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium.

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