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Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes.
An eagle can kill a young deer and fly away with it. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.
They have square watermelons in Japan - they stack better.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite.
Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
A hummingbird weighs less than a penny.
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
Over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.
Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food. That's the weight of about 6 elephants.
Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is 9000 years old.
A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe.
Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours.
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.
Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. The average American drinks about 600 sodas a year.
It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland.
Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
A jellyfish is 95 percent water.
A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate.
The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
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