*General Knowledge*

1- Monkeys do not go near fireflies b...
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10 January, 2025

*General Knowledge*

1- Monkeys do not go near fireflies because they consider them to be a flame of fire.

2- A dog sweats on its tongue instead of its body. A dog cannot digest ghee.

3- Elephants and horses sleep while standing.

4- A fish's eyes remain open because it does not have eyelids.

5- A crab's teeth are in its stomach.

6- A turtle does not have lungs; it breathes through its skin.

7- An ant can lift a weight forty times greater than its own weight.

8- A scorpion can hold its breath for six days. A scorpion cannot breathe underwater, so it holds its breath.

9- No matter how hard you try, you cannot remember where your dream started.

10- Any emotional shock does not last more than fifteen or twenty minutes; the time after that is due to thinking too much about it.

11- Ninety percent of people panic when they receive a message on their mobile.

12- An oil barrel contains approximately 159 liters of petrol.

13- A fly flaps its wings 32 times in one second.

14- 26 countries in the world do not touch the sea.

15- The first oil well was dug in Pennsylvania, America in 1859.

16- Turtles, flies, and snakes are deaf.

17- A honey bee can fly at a speed of 7 miles per hour.

18- In Egypt during the time of the Pharaohs, a week used to be 10 days long.

19- The longest war in the world was fought between France and Britain. This war started in 1338 and ended in 1453, meaning this war lasted for 115 years.

20- In the eighteenth century, ketchup was used as medicine.

21- The average lifespan of a crow is up to 100 years.

22- A penguin is an animal that can convert salty water into sweet (fresh) water.

23- A hen lays an average of 228 eggs in a year.

24- Cats spend 66 percent of their lives sleeping.

25- An owl is the only bird that blinks its lower eyelids. All other birds blink their upper eyelids.

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