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1. Animals can experience time differently from humans.

To
smaller animals, the world around them moves more
slowly compared to humans. Salamanders and lizards, for
example, experience time more slowly than cats and dogs. This
is because the perception of time depends on how quickly the
brain can process incoming information.
2. A chicken once lived for 18 months without a head. Mike
the chicken's incredible feat was recorded back in the 1940s in
the USA. He survived as his jugular vein and most of his
brainstem were left mostly intact, ensuring just enough brain
function remained for survival. In the majority of cases, a
headless chicken dies in a matter of minutes.
3. All the world’s bacteria stacked on top of each other would
stretch for 10 billion light-years. Together, Earth's 0.001mm-
long microbes could wrap around the Milky Way over 20,000
times.
4. Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per
cent. A study in 2018 found that wearing a necktie can reduce
the blood flow to your brain by up to 7.5 per cent, which can
make you feel dizzy, nauseous, and cause headaches. They can
also increase the pressure in your eyes if on too tight and are
great at carrying germs.
5. The fear of long words is called
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. The 36-letter
word was first used by the Roman poet Horace in the first
century BCE to criticise those writers with an unreasonable
penchant for long words. It was American poet Aimee
Nezheukumatathil, possibly afraid of their own surname, who
coined the term how we know it in 2000.
6. The world’s oldest dog lived to 29.5 years old. While the
median age a dog reaches tends to be about 10-15 years, one
Australian cattle dog, ‘Bluey’, survived to the ripe old age of
29.5.
7. The world’s oldest cat lived to 38 years and three days old.
Creme Puff was the oldest cat to ever live.

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