Skunks can accurately spray their smelly fluid as far as ten feet.

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first (and only) home run.

The bumblebee bat is not only the world's smallest bat, but it is also the world's smallest mammal. These cute little creatures weigh only 2 grammes. They are 29 to 33mm in length, with a wingspan of approximately 170mm!

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