DOGS SEE IN T WO COLOURS: BLUE AND YELLOW
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Every year, the UK uses enough wrapping paper to cover the Moon
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The first working electric car was built nearly 150 years ago
409 BILLION
KWH In 2022, the US used more electricity just on air conditioning than the whole of Africa used altogether
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Chickens communicate using hundreds of different noises
5,500
Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets since 1992
1TRILLION
Your nose can distinguish between a staggering number of smells
68.4 METRES
200 TONNES
Every
A Boeing 747’s wingspan is longer than the distance of the Wright brothers’ first flight
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THEY’RE A MONTH OLD
BABIES CAN’T SHED TEARS UNTIL
year, a nuclear power station reactor uses a huge amount of uranium