You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

Jellyfish have been around for more than 650 million years, which means that they outdate both dinosaurs and sharks.

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An Electric Eel is known to produce electricity sufficient enough to light up to 10 electric bulbs.

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Dolphins sleep with only half of their brain and with one eye open so they can watch for predators and other threats.

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Seahorses are the only animals in which the male, not the female, gives birth and care for their young.

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Sea sponges have no head, mouth, eyes, feelers, bones, heart, lungs, or brain, yet they are alive.

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The moniker "the Great Lakes" isn't an exaggeration. Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario make up 21 percent of the planet's surface fresh water. The largest of these, Lake Superior, contains enough water to cover all of North and South America in a foot of the wet stuff.

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Three out of five of the oldest rivers in the world snake through these 50 states. The New, Susquehanna, and French Broad rivers are thought to be between 265 and 325 million years old.

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First planted on American soil as a hobby crop in 1777, wheat is now grown in 42 states. True to its moniker of "The Wheat State," Kansas grows enough wheat each year to feed all 7.6 billion people in the world for a fortnight!

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The United States has 42,000 ZIP codes, and you can look up all but one: the president's secret ZIP code. The U.S. Postal Service issues a new personal ZIP code to each incoming president to help manage the large volume of correspondence that the first family receives. The special code ensures that important and personal mail reaches the president and his family.