When the pack kills an animal, the alpha pair always eats first. As food supply is often irregular for wolves, they will eat up to 1/5th of their own body weight at a time to make up for days of missed food.

The largest known hailstone to have fallen was in Germany in 1925, which weighed close to four and a half pounds.

Eating a packet of crisps a day is equivalent to drinking five liters of cooking oil a year.

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