- Pandas spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo.
- Sponges hold more cold water than hot.
- Pigs can get sunburn.
- Tree hugging is forbidden in china.
- The compass and straight edge were powerful tools in the advancement of geometry, allowing the construction of various lengths, angles and geometric shapes.
- The first flight traveled at less than 7 mph (ground speed).
- An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
- Herpetophobia is the fear of reptiles.
- A human brain weighs around 3 pounds.
- The world's knowledge is growing so fast that 90% of what we will know in 50 years time will be discovered in those 50 years.
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