- The human body has over 600 muscles (40% of the bodys weight).
- The Giant Pacific Octopus can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of its beak.
- The bumblebee bat weighs less than a penny.
- An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
- The letter W is the only letter in the alphabet that has 3 syllables (all others have 1).
- The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink.
- Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
- Cabbage is 91% water.
- The Chinese used fingerprints as a method of identification as far back as AD 700.
- In 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names.
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