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  • Humans lose an average of 75 strands of hair a month.
    False - humans can lose up to 75 strands in ONE DAY.
  • South Africa has one capital.
    False - it has three: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
  • It takes a sloth two weeks to digest a meal.
    True - that’s the slowest digestion time of any mammal!
  • Infants have more bones than adults
    True - infants are born with approximately 300 bones but have 206 by the time they reach adulthood.
  • The blue whale is the biggest animal to have ever lived.
    True - and that includes dinosaurs!
  • Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world.
    True - Mount Everest reaches an elevation of 29,032 feet.
  • Brazil is the only nation to have played in every World Cup finals tournament.
    True - the soccer-crazed country has also won the most titles.
  • French fries originated from France.
    False - we have Belgium to thank for the crispy fried goodness.
  • The two longest rivers in the world are the Mississippi and the Nile
    False - it is the Nile and the Amazon.
  • The most common blood type is 0- negative.
    True – and AB- negative is the rarest.
  • Fortune cookies were invented in China
    False - they were invented in the United States.
  • People who have chiclephobia are afraid of cats.
    False - people who suffer from chiclephobia have a fear of chewing gum or being around a person chewing gum.
  • The name of Batman’s butler is Albert.
    False - the butler’s name is Alfred.
  • Bats are blind
    False - bats often find their way using ultrasound but their eyes work, just not particularly well