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Blue-eyed, pure white cats are frequently deaf.

About 400 billion gallons water is used worldwide each day.

There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human.

The body’s largest organ is the skin. In an adult man it covers about 1.9m2 (20 square feet), a woman has about 1.6m2 (17 square feet).

A cat sees better than a human at night, it has a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.

In India the standard time is fixed on the basis of standard meridian which passes through Allahabad.

Koala fingerprints are similar to human fingerprints, even with an electron microscope, it can be quite difficult to distinguish between the two.

In January and February, the average temperature in the high Arctic is -29 F.

The average person eats 50 tonnes of food and drinks 50,000 litres (11,000 gallons) of liquid during his life.

The Virginia opossum has a gestation period of only 12-13 days.