A chameleon shoots out its tongue to catch prey at speeds faster than a fighter jet.

The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat it measures 87 feet long.

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