10.53.11 AM Amazing fact 7 | ||
A crocodiles tongue
is attached to the roof of its mouth. A cucumber is 96%
water. A Dalmatian is the
only dog that can get gout. A day on the planet
Mercury is twice as long as its year. A decree declares
that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used
up. A dentist invented
the Electric Chair. A device invented sometime
around the time of the birth of Jesus as a primitive steam engine by the Greek
engineer Hero is used today as a rotating sprinkler. A diamond will not
dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat. A dime has 118 ridges
around the edge. A quarter has 119. A dog can hear high
frequency sounds, which a human ear cannot. A donkey will sink in
quicksand but a mule will not. A dragonfly can fly
25 mph. A dragonfly has a
life span of 24 hours. A dragonfly is also
known as "devil's darning needle", "horse stinger" and
"devil's steelyard". A Fag is to work hard
or to tire by strenuous activity and cigarettes are sometimes called Fags A fagot is a bundle
of sticks or a bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be shaped by rolling or
hammering at high temperature. A father Emperor
penguin withstands the Antarctic cold for 60 days or more to protect his eggs,
which he keeps on his feet, covered with a feathered flap. During this entire
time he doesn't eat a thing. Most father penguins lose about 25 pounds while
they wait for their babies to hatch. Afterward, they feed the chicks a special
liquid from their throats. When the mother penguins return to care for the
young, the fathers go to sea to eat and rest. A father sea catfish
keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He will
not eat until his young are born, which may take several weeks. A female ferret will
die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. A female mackerel
lays about 500,000 eggs at one time. A female swine or sow
will always have an even number of teats or nipples. A fetus acquires
fingerprints at the age of three months. A fingernail or
toenail takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip. A fish's memory span
is 3 seconds. A five and a half year
old weighing 250 pounds was exhibited at a meeting of the Physical Society of
Vienna on December 4, 1894. She ate a normal diet and was otherwise in good
health. The problem: she wasn't able to sweat. A flea can jump 350
times is own body length. (say..you jumping the length of a soccer field)thanx
seraph A flock of sheep
grazed during Woodrow Wilson's term. Their wool was sold to raise money for the
Red Cross during World War I. A fly always jumps
backwards for a quick getaway when you try to hit it. A fly hums in the
middle octave, key F. A
foal is a baby horse. A full moon is nine
times brighter than a half moon. A full-grown bear can
run as fast as a horse. A full-grown pumpkin
has about 15 miles of roots. A ghost writer pens
an anonymous book. A giant squid has
eyes that can grow up to 20 inches in diameter. (Now think of how big your
computer screen is..) A giraffe and rat can
go longer without water than a camel can. A giraffe can clean
its ears with its 21-inch tongue. i know some people who can do some amazing
stuff too. A goldfish has a
memory span of 3 seconds. A googol is a 1
followed by 100 zeros. Mathematician Edward Kasner supposedly asked his nephew
Milton Sirotta to suggest a name for the number, and he came up with this word. A grasshopper needs a
minimum temperature of 62 degrees Fahrenheit in order to be able to hop. A group od geese on
the ground is a gaggle, a group in the air is a skein. A group of crows is
called a murder. A hamlet is a village
without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral. A hard-boiled egg
will spin. An uncooked or soft-boiled egg will not. A healthy
(non-colorblind) human eye can distinguish between 500 shades of gray. A healthy individual
releases 3.5 oz. of gas in a single flatulent emission, or about 17 oz. in a
day. A hedgehog's heart
beats 190 times a minute on average and drops to only 20 beats per minute
during hibernation. A hedgehog's skin is
so tough that when they get run over, its entrails come out of its mouth and
its ass. A herd of forty-five
thirsty, rambunctious elephants stampeded into a brewery in Midnapore, where
they smashed vats and slurped up beer in a bender that went on for two days. A hinny is the
offspring of a female donkey.
A hippopotamus can
run faster than a man can. | ||
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