Interesting Facts

The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.

Emus can't walk backwards.

A group of ravens is called a murder.

A group of bears is called a sleuth.

Twelve or more cows is called a flink.

A baby oyster is called a spat.

Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises.

An Anteater is nearly 6 feet long, yet its mouth is only an inch wide.

Mississippi Alligators have the most powerful bite force ever measured. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Zoology of London, these Alligators snap their strong jaws shut with an average force of 2,125 pounds, or with about as much force as a mid-size car falling on top of someone. One even bit as much as 2,960 pounds of force.

They have 42 teeth.

They commonly have 12,000 eyes.

According to the tests made at the Institute for the Study of Animal Problems in Washington D.C., cats & dogs, like people, are either right handed or left handed, that is, these animals favour either their right or left paws.

The average life span of an umbrella is under two years.

There is a city called Rome in every continent.

A donkey will sink in quick sand, while a mule will not.

4,000 people are injured by tea pots every year.

The McDonald’s™ at Toronto’s ‘SkyDome’ is the only McDonald’s™ locationthat sells hot dogs.

One million $1 bills weighs 1 ton

In an average day, a four year old child will ask 437 questions.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into spacebecause passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. (Not to mention the other drawbacks to farting in such a confined space....)

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!!

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There wasnever a recorded Wendy before

A penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour.

A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.

A person that is struck by lightning has a greater chance of developing motor neurone disease.

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.

A person who is a specialist in wine making is called an oenologist.

A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will on average lose two teeth every ten years.

A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

I've gathered nice collection of facts about dogs, here they are:

That whole one year in a dog's life is the equivalent of 7 in a human's isn't exactly true. A more accurate calculation is as follows: At one year, a dog is the equivalent of 16 human years; at two dog years they are 24 human years; at 3 dog years, 30 human years; and for every dog year after that, add 4 human years.

Canis Familiaris is the Latin name for dog.

The largest dogs among all breeds, at least in terms of height, is the Irish Wolfhound.

I found new set of amazing facts for you, dear friends, here they are:

King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe.

Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an ODD number of whiskers.

Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam.

The skin needed for elbow transplants must be taken from the scrotum of a cadaver.

1. It takes about 48 hours for your body to completely digest the food from one meal.

2. It’s against the law in Willowdale, Oregon, for a husband to curse during sex.

3. Hitler and Napoleon both had only one testicle.

4. In America you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day.

5. It’s illegal in Newcastle, WY to have sex in a butcher shop’s meat freezer.

6. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

7. Jaguars are frightened by dogs.

8. Holland has the densest population per square mile of any nation in the world.

1. A zebra is white with black stripes.

2. All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

3. Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.

4. Insects do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitoes and other buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving their wings.

5. The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

6. The word “listen” contains the same letters as the word “silent”.

7. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it’s head are the rabbit and the parrot.