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3801/ The musk ox has the longest hair of any polar animal. The hairs of the outer layer of their coats can reach up to three feet (one metre) long.

3802/ The grizzly bear is capable of running as fast as the average horse.

3803/ Pepsi originally contained pepsin, hence the name.

3804/ Happy as a clam is from the expression 'happy as a clam at high tide'. Clams are only harvested when the tide is out.

3805/ Crack gets its name because it crackles when you smoke it.

3806/ There are 311,875,200 five-card hands possible in a 52-card deck of cards.

3807/ The female King Crab incubates as many as 400,000 young for 11 months in a brood pouch under her abdomen.

3808/ The female blue crab can lay up to one million eggs in a day.

3809/ The colour of diamond dust is black.

3810/ Small flat icebergs have been fitted with sails and piloted more than 2,400 miles from the Antarctic to Valparaiso, Chile, and to Cakkaiub, Peru.

3811/ Some people drink the urine of pregnant women because they believe it builds up the immune system.

3812/ The 1980's song 'Rosanna' was written by Rosanna Arguette, the actress.

3813/ The five fastest birds are: the peregrine falcon that can fly up to 175mph hour, the spine tailed swift that can go 106mph, the frigate bird at 95mph, the spur winged goose at 88mph, and the red-breasted merganser at 80mph.

3814/ During the 1800s, swan skins were used to make European ladies powder puffs and the feathers were used to adorn hats.

3815/ The giant cricket of Africa enjoys eating human hair.

3816/ The brown myotis bat's young when born are equivalent to a woman giving birth to a 30lb baby.

3817/ According to Elvis's autopsy, he had ten different drugs in his body at the time of his death.

3818/ Because metal was scarece, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

3819/ Polish is the only word in the English language that when capitalized is changed from a noun or a verb to a nationality.

3820/ Almost all of the helium that exists in the world today is from natural-gas wells in the United States.

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