- Honeybees navigate by using the Sun as a compass.
- Sharks lose teeth a lot when they eat. Some sharks will replace as many as 25,000 teeth in a lifetime.
- The wristwatch was invented in 1904.
- Red light has the highest wavelength.
- Each time you see a full moon you always see the same side.
- The first city to mint its own gold coins was Florence, Italy in 1252.
- Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes.
- The average person swallows 295 times during a meal.
- Ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail).
- The smallest bones in the human body are found in your ear.
|