★Ostriches can run faster than horses.★The first computer mouse was made of wood.★A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.★The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.★The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.★Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.★A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.★More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.★The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.★We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.★The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.★Horses physically cannot vomit.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.★A shrimp's heart is located in its head.★Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.
★Ostriches can run faster than horses.★The first computer mouse was made of wood.★A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.★The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.★The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.★A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.★29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.★There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.★A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.★Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.★A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.★More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.★The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.★We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.★The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.★Horses physically cannot vomit.★Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.★So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.★A shrimp's heart is located in its head.★Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.