Did you know that;
- out of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to man
- an ostriches can outrun a horse
- most dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old
- in Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions
- flamingoes can live up to 80 years old
- the night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans
- camels have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
- most snakes have 1 lung
- baby rattlesnakes are born in August and September
- elephants can run up to 40kmh (25mph)
- a shrimp has 5 pairs of legs
- rhinoceros have 3 toes on each foot
- a male baboon can kill a leopard
- lions in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year
- a King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet) long
- a hippopotamus can run faster than a man
- a group of foxes is called a skulk
- a baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks
- recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours
- the average person has over 1,460 dreams a year
- there are over 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building
- a violin contains over 70 separate pieces of wood
- A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel
- the smallest unit of time is a yoctosecond (1 septillionth which is 10 to the power of negative 24 )
- the 'you are here' arrow on maps is called an ideo locator
- ferrets sleep between 18 - 20 hours a day
- you can't trademark surnames
- you can't tickle yourself
- it takes 1 week to make a jelly bean
- the Greek national anthem has 158 verses
- 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
- jellyfish don't have a brain
- useful life of a modern toilet is 50 years
- 3 teaspoons make up 1 tablespoon
- the surface area of a brick is 79 cm squared
- the statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide
- the number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it
- the human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour
- the first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913
- the Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
- the blueprints for the Eiffel Tower covered more than 14,000 square feet of drafting paper
- the average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons
- the 'black box' that houses an airplanes voice recorder is actually orange so it can be more easily detected amid the debris of a plane crash
- Superman dates back to June 1938 (he first appeared in Action Comics No. 1)
- the makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money every year
- police dogs are trained to respond to commands in foreign languages (usually German or Hungarian)
- a standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats
- clinophobia is the fear of going to bed
- the first James Bond movie was called 'Dr. No'
- The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally called 'The Seinfeld Chronicles'
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