An elephant can use its tusks to dig for ground water. An adult elephant needs to drink around 210 litres of water a day.

The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas, which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the sound made can be heard from 1300 feet.

In the United States birds and planes collided more than 22,000 times between the years of 1990 and 1998.

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