A flea can jump 150 times its size. That is the same as a person able to jump up 1,000 feet in the air.

The fins of the Spiny Dogfish Shark are sometimes used as sandpaper for wood products.

The average annual low for South pole is -61, compared with -3 at the North pole. The lowest temperature ever recorded at the South Pole is -117, while the record at the North Pole is -59.

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