Mind-blowing Facts That Literally Nobody Has Heard Before

Great Big Tongue

A blue whale's tongue weighs roughly as much as an elephant weighs. Its heart weighs nearly one ton, and it only needs to beat once every ten seconds or so. Can you imagine how much the actual thing weighs? They can grow from 110,000 to 330,000 lbs. 

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