- Some cuckoo chicks have a coloured pattern on the feathers of one wing that looks like a second false beak in order to trick their foster mothers into feeding them twice.
- In America, 11 billion paperclips are purchased annually, which equates to 35 paperclips per person per year.
- Bamboo is a type of grass and some varieties can grow up to 4 feet a day, whilst others can take up to 120 years to flower.