FunFacts

• Did you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse together).
• Flea’s can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6ft. person jumping 780 ft. into the air.
• The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.
• Snakes are true carnivorous because they eat nothing but other animals. They do not eat any type of plant material.
• The world’s largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
• 100 years ago: The first virus was found in both plants and animals.
• 90 years ago: The Grand Canyon became a national monument & Cellophane is invented.
• 80 years ago: The food mixer and the domestic refrigerator were invented.
• The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes or stirrup bone located in the middle ear. It is approximately .11 inches (.28 cm) long.
• The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.
• The largest meteorite crater in the world is in Winslow, Arizona. It is 4,150 feet across and 150 feet deep.
• Human jaw muscles can generate a force of 200 pounds (90.8 kilograms) on the molars.
• It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
• Tremendous erosion at the base of Niagara Falls (USA) undermines the shale cliffs and as a result the falls have receded approximately 7 miles over the last 10,000 years.
• The largest telescope in the world is currently being constructed in northern Chile. The telescope will utilize four – 26 ft. 8 in. (8.13 meters) mirrors which will gather as much light as a single 52 ft. 6 in. (16 meters) mirror.
• The fastest computer in the world is the CRAY Y-MP C90 supercomputer. It has two gigabytes of central memory and 16 parallel central processor units.
• The heaviest human brain ever recorded weighed 5 lb. 1.1 oz. (2.3 kg.).
• The hottest planet in the solar system is Venus, with an estimated surface temperature of 864 F (462 C).
• The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.
• Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
• Knowledge is growing so fast that ninety per cent of what we will know in fifty years time, will be discovered in those fifty years.

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