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Odd Spot Trivia
Okay, just so I've got an entry in this journal, I hereby give you Libra's Odd Spot Trivia. Expect more updates as I... well, as my period progresses :P

#6
Road runner has only been caught by Wile E Coyote once, on 21 May, 1980.

#16
The human eye can, given enough time to adjust, see almost as well as an owl's.

#35
A 55kg crocodile exerts a force of approximately 700kg between its jaws.

#52
A tightrope walker is called a funambulist.

#55
214 crates were used to transport the Statue of Liberty from France to New York in 1885.

#68
Around four billion litres of petroleum is consumed throughout the world each day.

#75
26 minutes of slow dancing will burn about 420 kilojoules.

#106
The average weight loss of a racehorse during a race is between 6kg and 10kg.

#127
Bananas grown on plants that are giant herbs, and are related to the lily and the orchid family.

#142
Greyhounds eyesight is the best of any breed of dog.

#166
Vintage port takes 40 years to reach maturity.

#170
The starfish has five limbs and can re-grow four of then, as long as its central body is not harmed.

#181
The largest pumpkin ever grown recorded a weight of 482kg.

#193
The rush of air produced by a cough can approach 1000km an hour.

#200
There are more than twice as many kangaroos as people in Australia.

#207
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

#244
A 500gm loaf of bread requires 2 tonnes of water to grow the wheat to produce it.

#256
Proportionately, Earth's atmosphere is thinner than the skin of an apple.

#257
It takes a tonne of ore to produce one gold wedding ring.

#263
Flounder swim sideways.

#270
An average snail moves at a rate of 58cm per hour.

#300
Blype is the name given to skin that peels off after sunburn.

#308
A lungfish can live out of water in suspended animation for three years.

#309
Only two animals can see completely behind themselves without turning their heads: the rabbit and the parrot.

#360
A tiger's paw prints are called pug marks.

#361
In the time it takes to read this sentence, 50,000 cells in your body will die and be replaced.

#362
the only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat.