Fun facts
•Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren’t! According to botanical definitions, bananas qualify as berries, but strawberries do not.
•Octopuses have three hearts – two pump blood to the gills, while one pumps it to the rest of the body. They also have blue blood because of copper-based hemocyanin.
•Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
•A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Venus takes about 243 Earth days to rotate on its axis, but only 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
•Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins. They can stay underwater for up to 40 minutes at a time by slowing their heart rates.
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