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Crepe jasmine, a shrub very common in India, grows to a height of 6 ft. The waxy blossoms are white five-petaled pinwheels that are borne in small clusters on the stem tips. Flowers are commonly used in pooja in north India. 

The heart beats about 100 000 times each day.

The platypus can consume their own body weight in food in 24 hours.