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Friday, August 10, 2018

Did You Know? - Season 1 Episode 14

Did you know that;

  1. out of the 250+ known species of shark only 18 are known to be dangerous to man
  2. an ostriches can outrun a horse
  3. most dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old
  4. in Africa more people are killed by crocodiles than lions
  5. flamingoes can live up to 80 years old
  6. the night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans
  7. camels have 3 eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand
  8. most snakes have 1 lung
  9. baby rattlesnakes are born in August and September
  10. elephants can run up to 40kmh (25mph)
  11. a shrimp has 5 pairs of legs
  12. rhinoceros have 3 toes on each foot
  13. a male baboon can kill a leopard
  14. lions in the wild usually makes no more than 20 kills a year
  15. a King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet) long
  16. a hippopotamus can run faster than a man
  17. a group of foxes is called a skulk
  18. a baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks
  19. recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours
  20. the average person has over 1,460 dreams a year
  21. there are over 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building
  22. a violin contains over 70 separate pieces of wood
  23. A Boeing 747 airliner holds 216,847 litres (57,285 gallons) of fuel
  24. the smallest unit of time is a yoctosecond (1 septillionth which is 10 to the power of negative 24 )
  25. the 'you are here' arrow on maps is called an ideo locator
  26. ferrets sleep between 18 - 20 hours a day
  27. you can't trademark surnames
  28. you can't tickle yourself
  29. it takes 1 week to make a jelly bean
  30. the Greek national anthem has 158 verses
  31. 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
  32. jellyfish don't have a brain
  33. useful life of a modern toilet is 50 years
  34. 3 teaspoons make up 1 tablespoon
  35. the surface area of a brick is 79 cm squared
  36. the statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide
  37. the number 4 is the only number that has the same number of letters in it
  38. the human eye can detect more shades of green that any other colour
  39. the first crossword puzzle appeared in 1913
  40. the Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles
  41. the blueprints for the Eiffel Tower covered more than 14,000 square feet of drafting paper
  42. the average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons
  43. 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
  44. Superman dates back to June 1938 (he first appeared in Action Comics No. 1)
  45. the makers of the board game Monopoly print over 50 billion dollars worth of Monopoly money every year
  46. police dogs are trained to respond to commands in foreign languages (usually German or Hungarian)
  47. a standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats
  48. clinophobia is the fear of going to bed
  49. the first James Bond movie was called 'Dr. No'
  50. The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally called 'The Seinfeld Chronicles'



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