(+) The average caterpillar has 16 legs. 
 

(+) A wood pecker can peck 20 times a second. 
 

(+) When the Shell Oil Company first opened its doors it was a sea shell novelty shop. 
 

(+) If we could shrink Earth's population to a village of exactly one-hundred people, 
 keeping all existing human ratios as they are, there would be 57 Asians, 
 21 Europeans, 14 North or South Americans and 8 Africans. 
 

(+) The comic strip known as Peanuts today was originally known as Li'l Folks. 
 

(+) A fly's tastebuds are on its feet. 
 

(+) Yves Saint Laurent, the french designer,  created the short  sleeved shirt. 
 
 

 

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