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The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ head enables it to see all four feet at one time. The period between midnight and dawn is the best time to look for shooting stars. On a normal night you can see between five and ten an hour. In a desert, you can see one every eight minutes.
The phrase “sleep tight” originated when mattresses were set upon ropes woven through the bed frame. To remedy sagging ropes, one would use a bed key to tighten the rope.
The phrase ‘going bananas’ was first recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary, and is linked to the fruit’s ‘comic’ connections with monkeys.
The plant life in the oceans make up about 85 percent of all the greenery on the Earth.
The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.