The platypus uses its bill to find animals that it feeds on. Its bill can sense the tiny electric fields that their preys emit.

The silk that is produced by spiders is stronger than steel.

In 1948 and 1950 the oldest ears of popping corn were discovered. They were located in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico. They ranged in size from smaller than a penny to approximately two inches, and were about 4,000 years old.

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