Hello everyone, let me welcome you to another learning opportunity…might not sound as fun right? As the word “learn” gives us all a dreadful reminder of school, but I bet these facts will definitely be fun to learn. Here we go…

1 Of modern countries that are now independent, New Zealand was the first ever to allow women to vote. 

2 Snakes are unable to close their eyes, they can’t blink and they must sleep with their eyes open.

3 Potatoes, tomatoes and few other vegetables contain nicotine.

4 Abraham Lincoln was once a popular wrestler.

5 Until 1914, children in America could be legally sent by parcel post.

6 In England, in the 1880s, ‘pants’ was considered a dirty word.

7 Liechtenstein, the sixth-smallest country in the world, is the largest exporter of false teeth.

8 Penguins eye sight works better under water than it does in air, and it gives them a better chance to spot prey. 

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The sun’s core is so hot that a piece of it, the size of a pinhead would give off enough heat to kill a person 160 kilometres away.

10 Flamingo chicks are born white or grey and takes up to three years to reach their mature pink or orange colour.