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Did You Know?

1. Mind-Blowing Language Facts That Will Leave You Speechless!

- The word “set” has the highest number of different meanings in the English language, with over 430
definitions listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.

- The longest word in the world is the chemical name of the largest protein, Titin. The word is 189,819
letters long and takes about 3.5 hours to say.

2. Fascinating Animal Behaviors You Never Knew About!

- Cows are social animals and can form close bonds with other cows. They experience stress when separated
from their buddies.

- Goldfish can see more colors than humans can, including ultraviolet light, which is invisible to us.

- Male Gentoo penguins present their potential mates with pebbles to propose. If the female accepts,
they’ll build a nest together.

- Rabbits can see behind them without moving their heads.

- Elephants sing to each other, but their songs are in a frequency too low for humans to hear

3. Quirky Facts That Will Make You Look Twice!

- Someone who suffers from “anatidaephobia” believes that somewhere, somehow a duck or goose is
constantly watching them.

- If you type the word “askew” into the Google search box, the entire page will tilt slightly

- Someone left a family photo on the Moon. When Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke landed on the Moon
in 1972, he decided to leave behind a photo of him, his two sons and his wife. The photo remains on the
Moon to this day.

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