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Categories can be anything that can't be defined by a tag. Such as "Alligators" can't be a category because they classify as an "Animal" and they'd be better used as a tag on the fact. This page will have a comprehensive list of all the available categories and maybe a random fact from the top 5 categories or something.

Displaying the Animals category:

Whales don't technically sleep. Instead they nap vertically multiple times a day at lengths between 6 to 10 minutes.

Shocking scientists, the Opah fish (Lampris guttatus) is actually warm-blooded, keeping its body 5ÂºC warmer than the surrounding water.

Thanks to a reflex that lets them subconsciously come up for air, Hippos can sleep underwater.

Oysters create pearls when sand or another irritant finds its way between their soft body - known as the mantle - and their shell. A material known as nacre sticks to the irritant and builds up the pearl.

Our perceived view of the world is about 80ms behind physical events due to the speed at which the brain processes information. For context, 80ms is roughly the same time it takes us to blink.

Facial recognition of their own species is practically unheard of in insects. However, Paper Wasps have developed this ability and it's hypothesized that it's due to the 4-5 queens each colony has.

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