teeth, n.Trivia

Mosquitos have 47 teeth

Male horses have more teeth than female horses since they’re used as weapons

Bears have 42 teeth

Anteaters have no teeth.

Shark teeth are literally as hard as steel

Snails can have over 25,000 teeth

Dentures used to be made from the teeth of dead people.

Cows don't have upper front teeth

Shark teeth are coated with fluoride which acts like toothpaste and keeps the shark's mouth healthy and clean.

Rats can gnaw through lead sheeting and cinder blocks

Teeth grinding affects nearly one in ten people. Most never realize they’re doing it.

Marine snail (limpets) teeth are the strongest natural material on earth.

In Spain and France the tooth fairy is a mouse. Known as "la bonne petite souris," the tiny mouse will procure teeth left under pillows replacing them with either cash or sweets.

Horses reveal their gender in their teeth --- most males have 40, females 36

Alligators can go through 3,000 teeth in a lifetime

Elephants grind down their 6 pound molars and grow new ones about 6 times over their lifetime

Beaver teeth are fortified with iron, which causes the orange coloring and allows them to chew wood

About one in every 2,000 babies is born with teeth.

Giraffes only have bottom teeth.

Tumors can grow teeth and hair.