Random Winter Facts
1. The female brown bear will hibernate all winter long, not even waking up to give birth!
2. In the winter, the fanaloka lives off of the fat it stores in its tail.
3. An enterprising New Yorker built an igloo in Brooklyn following Winter Storm Jonas and listed it for $200 per night on AirBnB.
4. In the winter of 1918, half the children in Berlin were suffering from rickets.
5. Deer grow new antlers every year. They shed them off during winter after mating season.
6. On average, people living in New York take more steps during the summer and winter than people of any other state.
7. Female emperor penguins lay 1 egg in the winter, leave it with the male, coming back only in the spring.
8. The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara falls froze completely solid.
9. If your car gets stuck in the snow this winter, put the floor mats right under the tires for easy traction.
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