Facts of Life
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The acid in our stomachs can dissolve steel. Armadillos are intelligent and can even be house-trained.
The average nest of leaf-cutting ants move 80 tonnes of earth to the surface.
Apes can master sign languages, but fail to understand grammar.
Relative to their size, ants have brains 3 times the size of humans. Allen Breed invented the automotive air bag in 1968.
Asian tree ants make their nests by glueing leaves together. The Amazon's flow is so great that fresh water can be detected 160 km from the river mouth.
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