- Snakes can see even with their eyes closed.
- When recognising a persons face you use the right side of your brain.
- More people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and among other things, developed a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- You brain weights 2% of your body weight though uses 20% of all oxygen you breathe and 15% of the bodys blood supply.
- The lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years.
- The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
- The official state gem of Washington is petrified wood.
- The average woman will consume over 2.7kg (6 pounds) of lipstick in their lifetime.
- Lion's can't roar until the age of 2.
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