- The term 'disc jockey' was first used in 1937.
- A rat can tread water for 3 days.
- Scorpions glow under ultra violet light.
- The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets.
- It takes around 200 muscles to take a step.
- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- The US shreds 7,000 tons of worn out currency each year.
- Cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees.
- Women blink twice as much as men.
- The Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense.
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