★So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.★A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.★The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.★In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.★Dolphins sleep with one eye open.★Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.★Octopuses can taste with their arms.★A group of owls is called a parliament.★A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.★Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.★There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.★The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.★A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.★A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.★The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.★Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.★Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.★Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.
★So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.★A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.★The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.★In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.★Dolphins sleep with one eye open.★Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.★Octopuses can taste with their arms.★A group of owls is called a parliament.★A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.★Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.★There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.★The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.★A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.★A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.★The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.★Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.★Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.★Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.