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- Did you know it takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie
- Did you know queen termites can live up to 50 years
- Did you know caterpillars have over 2,000 muscles
- Did you know the fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h))
- Did you know there are over 100,000 different species of butterflies
- Did you know there are over 80,000 different species of ants
- Did you know an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
- Did you know more than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
- Did you know it takes 1,100 watts to power a toaster
- Did you know there are exactly 1,048,576 bytes in 1 megabyte
- Did you know rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40 above the horizon)
- Did you know all hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days
- Did you know there are over 225,000 trees in New York's Central Park
- Did you know 80% of the world's rose species come from Asia
- Did you know 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day
- Did you know it takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl
- Did you know the average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn
- Did you know 20% of China's plants are used in medicine
- Did you know 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey
- Did you know the diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)