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Interesting Facts is a clean site for children and adults where you can learn about all kinds of interesting things, from funny to the great depression, technology, the planet Mars and so much more. Below are 40 things you probably never knew but are going to love knowing. After you read these, see more information on a specific topic by choosing a category on the top right of the page. An average male spends during his entire life around 3100 hours shaving. Its true! When the Titanic departed from port it carried 1000 loaves of bread, 86,000 pounds of meat, 40,000 eggs and 36,000 apples to feed the passengers and crew on the 7 day voyage. Interesting and amazing! Most people shed between 50 to 100 hairs every day. The question is, where do they go? The average human with a full head of hair contains between 85,000 to 150,000 hairs. Jupiter is the largest planet in the earths solar system. You should have known that one. Squirrels forget where 50% of the nuts theyve hidden are. Useless, Hahaha. Did you know the first bullet proof vest was invented by a women. Cool! Cold weather makes fingernails grow faster. Weird! Only humans cry because of feelings. Awesome! Interesting fact number 10. Mohammad is the most common birth name in the world. Wow! It takes about 7 minutes for the average person to fall asleep.

You can give change for a dollar in 293 different coin variations. Good luck! About 1 out of every 2 million people will die by falling out of bed. Be careful, not funny. The construction on the Parisian Notre Dame Cathedral began in 1015 A.D and it took over 400 years to complete, It was completed in 1439 A.D. If the human stomach doesnt produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks it will totally digest its self. Weird! 75% of the worlds population wash themselves in the shower from the top to the bottom. Head first feet last people. There are 31,557,600 seconds in a year. Amazing! One fifth of all the publications from Japan are comic books. Writing fast consumes one sixth of the calories consumed while walking at a regular speed. Four out of five people over 100 years old are women. Interesting! The price of the Titanic was $7 million and the price of the Titanic movie was 200 million. Unbelievable! There is only one metal which is liquid when its at room temperature and its mercury. When water freezes it expands by 10%. The only animal with four knees is the elephant. Birth control pills designed for humans will also work for a gorilla. Now thats Strange! A Toyota car is built in 13 hours and a Rolls Royce is built in 6 months. A mid-sized car launched today generates only 5% of the pollution which was generated by a car from fifty years ago. Awesome! Stopping a supertanker which is fully loaded and travels at a normal speed needs 20 minutes to stop completely.

A cats ear has a total of thirty two muscles. The average person laughs 15 times per day. Hahaha! The eye of an ostrich is larger than its brain. A person eats around 60,000 pounds worth of food during his life which is the equivalent of six elephants. Incredible! Ants can pull 30 times their own weight and lift 50 times their own weight. Now thats incredible. A lion can mate more than 50 times in one day. Huh! Did you know, you cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times. Try it! More people are killed from donkeys in a year than planes. Dead skin is the root cause of most of the dust in your house. Thats Gross. Lung cancer was how the cigarette company Marlboros first owner died. Hmmm Snails can sleep for up to 3 years. You cannot think of an english word to rhyme with the word month because there isnt one. Entries (RSS) Comments (RSS) WordPress Log In Theme by - ThemesPluginsWP Interesting Facts 10 Interesting Facts

This is a very interesting planet that were living on. Even though around 70% of it has water, the planets life form which is most advanced can be found on land. Below are 10 interesting facts about Earth which show you just how interesting our planet really is. Our planet is the solar systems only one that has plate tectonics. This means that Earth has a liquid core and the crust just floats on the planets core. Oxygen forms approximately 47% of the crust of the Earth. Earth has poles both at the bottom and the top of the planet, which makes it a huge magnet. An Earth day is not 24 hours long. Its actually 23h, 56m, 4s which is the time that the planet needs to rotate on its own axis. This is the only planet from the solar system which has water in all the matter states: gas (as clouds), liquid (rain, sea, etc) and solid (ice). Scientists say that an Earth day had around 20 hours a few million years ago and that a million years from now it will have 27 hours. The coldest place on Earth is Vostok (in Antarctica) and the hottest one is El Azizia (from Libya).

The embryos of a tiger shark fight against each other in the womb of the mother. The shark embryo which survives gets born. The Earths year has 365.2564 days. Thanks to this extra .2564, every four years, the leap year appears, which has an extra day. The oldest tree from Earth is 4600 years old and its a bristlecone pine from California. Above you can see 10 interesting facts about planet Earth, which show you just how special our planet is and how much is worth protecting it. Interesting Facts Funny Interesting Facts

Our world is just filled with things which are amusing and weird, as well as true even though they might seem unbelievable to many. Below are some funny interesting facts which you will probably enjoy. A turtle can breathe through its butt. Walt Disney was scared of mice. Charlie Browns father was a barber. In cards, the only king without a mustache is the king of hearts. You cannot lead a cow downstairs, but you can lead one upstairs. A starfish has no brain. Not only the fur of a tiger is striped, the skin is striped too. No two lions have the same whisker pattern. A gold fish can remember something for about 3 seconds.

Waynes World was filmed in two weeks. 90% of all New York cities cab drivers are immigrants who just arrived. The only animal that cannot jump with all legs off the ground is the elephant. It was a dentist who invented the electric chair. Mickey Mouse was the first animated figure to win an oscar. Crocodiles cannot stick theyre tongues out. A butterfly tastes things with its feet or tarsi. Folding a piece of paper in half more than seven times is impossible. The wingspan of a 747 jet is longer than the wright brothers first flight. The plastic pieces on the tips of shoe laces are called aglets. Most folks take only 7 minutes to fall asleep Around 7% of the communications we have with other people are formed by words. 38% of the communication is formed by the tone of the voice. Another 55% of the communications are formed by body language. You use up 150 calories in one hour of banging the head against a wall The pressure created by a heart is sufficient to squirt the blood to a distance of up to 9 meters. The soldiers of Alexander the Great were obligated to be clean shaven, so that their enemies were not able to grab their beards, because they would stab them with swords after that. In a year, the regular person makes over 1100 phone calls The rule of thumb phrase comes from the English law, which in the past said that a man could not beat his wife with something that was wider than a thumb.

If Chinas population would walk past someone in a single line, the rate of reproduction is high enough to keep the line going forever If a womans name is Mary it is against the law to be a prostitute in the city of Siena, in Italy Over 50% of all women would rather get a gift in the form of a trip instead of lingerie or jewelry The hearing of women is better than those of men, but men are capable of reading smaller print. Whenever there are at least four women together, theyre usually talking about me Entries (RSS) Comments (RSS) WordPress Log In Theme by - ThemesPluginsWP Interesting Facts
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Below you can learn a few interesting facts about women, which Im sure will prove a hit with the ladies at parties. The origin of the woman word is thought to be wyfman, a term from Middle English which means wife of man. The female sex is represented by a small cross with a circle on top. This sign actually is the same as the one which represents planet Venus. There are many moons and stars which have female names, but from our solar systems planets only Venus is named after a female goddess.

Human womens breasts are bigger from a proportional point of view than the other female mammals. Most probably this larger size is caused by sexual selection. Originally, the differentiation between women at different ages was done in the English language with the help of the terms maiden, mother and crone. The maiden was the young girl which wasnt married yet. The mother was the female in the years where she could bear children. The crone was the woman in the post-menopause period. The average US woman has a height of 5 feet and 4 inches. As for the weight, the average is 163 pounds. This number will vary a lot in the world, thanks to the many differences in prenatal care and nutrition. Almost everywhere in the world, women have a higher life expectancy than men do. Worldwide, there are more males than females (100 men vs 98.6 women). In the US, women outnumber men by 4 million. As for the people which have more than 85 years, women are twice as many as men. 27% of the female deaths are caused by heart disease and 22% is caused by cancer. Thanks to the fact that women live longer than men, they are two times more likely to be either visually impaired or blind. Entries (RSS) Comments (RSS) WordPress Log In

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Yercaud Fast Facts Country : India

State : Tamil Nadu

District : Salem

Famous for : Scenic

Languages : English, Tamil

Best Season : Throughout the year

Weather : Winter 19-32C, Summer 22-37C

The Salem district has recorded evidence of inhabitation from the Neolithic age. On the Shevaroys polished Celts, chiseled stones for use as a hammer, stone discs, slick stones, a ring stone and a phallus stone were discovered by Robert Bruce Foote of The Geological Survey of India. The workmanship of Celts in this region compared to those found in other regions of the South is much better and points out to a more organised society with better living standards and more leisure for creative pursuits. The Megalithic age which followed corresponds with the Sangam era which extended upto around 200 A.D. Around this time the hill areas of the Shevaroys were exploited by the early hunting and pastoral tribes or Vettuvars who were mainly nomads. They harvested honey, fruits, berries and sandalwood of the area. Also rare birds INTERESTING FACTS ON YERCAUD

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and animals were captured and sold to traders on the plains. In 1987 silver coins of Emperor Tiberius were discovered on the outskirts of Salem. From findings at that spot and other literature it is known that even 2000 years back the Romans came to buy forest produce from these hill ranges. From around the 7th century there were large scale migration of the agriculturist Vellala into the hill areas. The Malaiyalis of the Shevaroys are said to be the descendants of Periyannan who came originally from Kancheepuram area either escaping persecution or in search of a promised land where they could freely practice their religion of worshipping Kari Raman also known as Servarayan. They are essentially Vaishnavites with a trace of certain Saivite beliefs and customs such as, their offer of meat and liquor to certain deities. They also worship Nadukals (planted stones). These were erected in ancient times to honour a brave deed, a beloved person killed in battle or by a wild beast or one who had committed ritual suicide. Between the beginning of the Christian era and Salem District coming under the East India Companys rule in 1790, the district was ruled by the Pandyas, Pallavas, Chozhas and Hoysalas. In the 14th century the area was captured by Malik Kafur. 55 years later the area was taken over by the Vijaynagar empire. In the 18th century the Salem Fort was lost to Hyder Ali and finally with the defeat of Tippu Sultan the British Rule of Salem was established in 1772.

David Cockburn, the Scottish collector of Salem between 1820 and 1829 can rightly be called the Father of Yercaud for developing the resources of the Shevaroys and for introducing the cultivation of coffee, pears and apples. Expansion of coffee to the Nilgiris and other coffee growing areas of Tamil Nadu is said to be from The Shevaroys. The first survey of the Shevaroy Hills was done in 1827. Elephants were common in the Kolli and Shevaroy Hills and disappeared by the end of the 19th Century. In the meanwhile there took place at Salem a very unusual turn of events when Mr.G.F.Fischer ban European of German origin purchased the Salem Zamindar in 1836. He was the first and only European zamindar in the presidency. The area in his zamin was 1,25,000 acres. The Shevaroys as per the local inhabitants consisted of Selanadu (area south and east of the Shevaroyan Temple) Muttanadu (land in and around the Shevaroyan Temple) and Moganadu (area north of the Shevaroyan Temple). In 1842 on the death of the pattakarar (Tribal Chief) of the Shevaroys there was trouble between various Malaiyalis. This struggle for succession finally resulted in the British bringing this area under their rule in 1842. The Grange, Yercaud was built in the 1820s by M.D.Cockburn and after the Indian mutiny in 1857, fearing trouble at the Grange, Yercaud was fortified and ramparts built to accommodate gun placements and cannons were installed.

An underground cellar to store food for more than 6 months in the event of a siege was also built and stocked. All Europeans in the area were to assemble at the Grange in the event of an upspring. In 1866 David Arbuthnot, Collector of Salem granted land for coffee cultivation to a large number of Englishmen. He was responsible for demarcating village boundaries and village land for establishing village greens exclusive to the Malaiyalis so that plantations may not encroach upon their land. During these years the approach roads to the shevaroys was through the following bridle paths:Kannankurichi Guntur Tipperary Danishpet Sorakapadi Kolagur Nagalur Bommidi Veppadi Karadiyur Nagalur

The Mallapuram or Bommidi railway station was built on a grand scale to handle the forest produced from the hills. Suramangalam station which is the present Salem Railway Junction came into prominence several years later. Planters travelled by bullock carts to the foothills and from there walked up and they were carried up in Dholies for a sum of Rs.6/- in the 1920s. Road work on the shevaroys was first started in 1872 and the present ghat road was completed around 1903. The road became motorable in the late 1920s. It was designed and built with a slope of 1 in 22 to cater to the train of

15 20 bullock carts that would leave Salem at around 8 P.M. and would reach Yercaud lake by 3 A.M. from there people went by dholi ( carried by 2 people or the luxury of munch carried by 4 people) to their respective destinations. The first commercial transportation available was the Sydney Dyer Lorry Service introduced in 1925. The fare was Rs.6 per adult uphill and Rs.5 down hill and Rs.3 for children. Electricity became available in 1930 after the completion of the Stanley Reservoir at Mettur in 1929. The first electricity connection in Yercaud was subscribed by The Montfort School. The residents saw their first motor car in 1931 reportedly owned by Mr.C.D.Rile. This car was supposed to have been burnt down by angry locals at Grassy Banks Bungalow, Yercaud. The second car in Yercaud was owned by Mr.Medra and the third by Mr.Sydney Dyer. The first local driver in the Shevaroys was one Devidass and was taught to drive by Mrs.Fennet. Some interesting facts on Yercaud The first hotel in Yercaud The Regent Hill Side Hotel owned and run by Ms. A.Lincoln The second hotel in Yercaud Fair Lawns Hotel The third hotel in Yercaud Brynhyfred House 1918 The first motorcycle to reach the Shevaroys. It was owned by Fr.Capell 1926 The first gramophone and 35 mm hand driven magneto projector to reach Yercaud 1928 The first wireless radio imported

by Bro.Octavian on December 17th 1928 1928 A wind and aero pump was installed in Montfort School. Similar wind driven pumps also worked at the Ornamental Lake and Emerald Lake. The one in the Emerald Lake was used for pumping water to the Mundagambadi Estate on the 20th hair pin bend 1930 A cinema hall called The White and the Green Palace starts functioning behind Western Stores 1933 Panther shot dead near the Ornamental Lake 1933 The ghat road was washed away in the heavy rain and was unmotorable between 15th December 1933 and 1st March 1934 1941 Yercaud receives a record 21 of rain and again the ghat road is washed away and it becomes unmotorable The number of trees in the Shevaroys compared to 55 years back say 1953 is at least 3 fold now. Both large plantations and tribal holdings have resorted to large scale tree planting. It is unfortunate that government controlled reserve forests and public areas lack proper care and security and these forests are getting denuded. The number of forest fires during the summer months is playing havoc with the lower scrub and brush jungles in the lower elevations, leading to land slips and soil erosion. Water has always been a shortage on these hills and it has been imperative that steps are taken to harvest the rainfall and retain the same in large storage ponds or lakes.

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Killiyur Falls This exciting and amazing waterfall is about three km from the Yercaud Lake and is at its best when visited after the South West monsoon or the North East monsoon. The excess water of the Yercaud Lake as well as the water from the Shevaroy Hills fall deep into the Killiyur...

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Shevaroy Temple The Shevaroy temple is situated on top of the flat-topped Shevaroy hills and is dedicated to Lord Shevaroyan. The temple consists of a narrow and dark cave which is impenetrable and the idols of Lord Shevaroyan and Goddess Kaveri are placed inside it. The native tribals come i...

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Botanical Garden Any tourist who is interested in flora and in knowing about various species of plants has to surely visit the orchidarium and the green house in the Botanical garden. Yercaud is the place

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where the famous Kurinji flower blooms in plenty and the specialty of this flower is that... Lady's Seat Ladys seat is a rock in the form of a seat on the South West of Shevaroy hills that overlooks the ghat road and Salem town. The natives believe that a white English lady of earlier days used to spend their evenings watching the panoramic view from this rock. There is a viewin...

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Montfort School Montfort school is one of the well established residential boys school in Yercaud which was started in the year 1917 by Bro. Denis. The school has a splendid chapel that is built entirely with exquisite stones and is an excellent example of Franco-Indian architecture. The entr...

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

May we bring our children to The Regent Hill Side? Children of any age are welcome at The Regent Hill Side. Two children up to the age of 12 years can share their parents' room. An additional bed will be provided. Bearing in mind the peace and quiet that most guests prefer, we ask that parents ensure that children are not noisy inside the bungalow. Kids will have plenty of opportunities to scream and shout on the various excursions that we offer... Which is the best season to visit? The Regent Hill Side, rare for a boutique hotel, is a year round destination. The driest part of the year falls between February and May. The monsoon brings daily cloud bursts during June/July and October/November but rarely is there a full day of rain. Thankfully, the country house ambience at The Regent Hill Side means there's nothing better than curling up to read a good book, play backgammon or scrabble, all in indulgent comfort while the rain feeds the surrounding soil. What kind of terrain is available for trekking? This region offers a great variety of treks. You can choose from a leisurely promenade to a real trek of up to 6 hours. We have marked recommended routes. Do you have accommodation for drivers? We do NOT have accommodation for drivers. But however there are quite a few budget accommodations available in the vicinity of the resort. What should we wear? There is no dress code. Bring a light sweater for cool mornings and evenings. Sturdy walking shoes to explore

and in the monsoon months, a waterproof top. What is the weather like at The Regent Hill Side? As The Regent Hill Side is at an elevation of 1311 metres above the level of the sea, the climate is cooler than in the plains. Typically cool mornings, warm days and cool evenings. Daytime temperatures are comfortable in the low 20's C and at night can drop to 10 C. Days can feel very hot - some would call it a 'bad hair day' - and nights remain comfortably warm. In Yercaud the days and nights do get even a little warmer just prior to the monsoon around the end of April. All bedrooms have nice fans, so for those rare hot nights, you can be assured of a good night's sleep. What kind of activities can I do at The Regent Hill Side? Trekking, fitness, yoga and walks among the coffee plants are immediately outside your bedroom door at The Regent Hill Side. Minutes from The Regent Hill Side is the scenic Yercaud lake around which is a very pleasant walk. If one wants a very quiet and peaceful walk then the hospital road to the right of the entrance is exactly what you are looking for. We are however adding a host of outdoor activities and games that would be open in a short while. Are meals included in the rate? Meal prices are not included in the tariff and the food is ala-carte. What kind of transport arrangements is available from the Railway Station at Salem? Most guests come to Yercaud by private car as part of a broader exploration around the Shevaroys. The journey time is of an hour from Salem. The Regent Hill Side team can arrange for the hotel car with driver to meet you at the airport, or alternatively organise a van and driver, depending on the number of

passengers. There is a facility to have your air tickets booked or reconfirmed. Please let us know if you require any assistance. We want to see more of Tamil Nadu before and after our stay at The Regent Hill Side. Can you help us reserve similar accommodations and transport from point to point? Yes! We would definitely be able to put a suitably sensational itinerary together for you. These notes have been prepared to introduce guests to The Regent Hill Side, and to help them enjoy their stay.

A horse weighing approximately 1,200-pounds, eats approximately seven times it's own weight, in a year. That amounts to almost 8,400-pounds of food. Wow! What an appetite! Apart from humans even chimpanzees can learn to recognize their own image in a mirror. A cow can give far more milk than a human can consume their lifetime. Any guesses? Almost 200,000 glasses full of milk! While there are so many cows grazing in the world, no two cows will ever be found with identical pattern of spots. A probable identity crisis we have here! Though named polecat, this creature is not a cat but a nocturnal weasel-species in

Europe. Is a zebra black with white stripes, or white with black stripes? Any guesses? Well, its white with black stripes. Talk about noise pollution in the jungles! A lions roar is so loud that it can heard upto a distance of five miles. Cheetahs maybe large and fast, but when they roar they chirp. This sounds more like a bird or a yelping dog. Beware, it is loud enough to be heard upto a mile away. The tusks of elephants grow through their life. The tusks weigh over 200 pounds. Only the male Asian elephants have tusks. The male and female African elephants have tusks. The largest ever lobster to be found weighed 19 kg. It was found in 1934. The largest recorded jellyfish measured 2,3 m across its bell. Its tentacles measured 36 m (120 feet) in length. The largest giant squid ever found weighed 4 tons. It was traced in the in the North Atlantic in the year 1878.

1) Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses. 2) A newborn Chinese water deer is so small it can almost be held in the palm of the hand.

3) Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions. 4) A lion in the wild usually makes no more than twenty kills a year. 5) The female lion does ninety percent of the hunting. 6) The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. 7) Turtles, water snakes, crocodiles, alligators, dolphins, whales, and other water going creatures will drown if kept underwater too long. 8) Almost half the pigs in the world are kept by farmers in China. 9) On average, dogs have better eyesight than humans, although not as colourful. 10) Deer have no gall bladders. 11) There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas. 12) Snakes are carnivores, which means they only eat animals,

often small ones such as insects, birds, frogs and other small mammals.

13) In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someones ear while they're moose hunting. 14) The bat is the only mammal that can fly. 15) The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk. 16) Some male songbirds sing more than 2000 times each day. 17) The only mammals to undergo menopause are elephants, humpback whales, and human females. 18) The chicken and fish are the only animals that are eaten before they are born and after they die. 19) A tarantula spider can survive for more than two years without food. 20) For every human in the world there are one million ants. 21) If you lift a Kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop - they use their tails for balance. 22) If you keep a goldfish. in a dark room, it will become pale! 23) Cows can sleep standing up, but they can only dream lying down.

24) The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet. 25) The average fox weighs 14 pounds. 26) The scientific name of the red fox is Vulpes vulpes. 27) Alligators can live up to 100 years. 28) A single elephant teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds. 29) The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. 30) A housefly hums in the key of F. 31) During World War II, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs. 32) Canis lupus lupus is the scientific name for a Gray Wolf. 33) To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaw, push your thumb into its eyeballs-it will let you go instantly. 34) It is much easier for dogs to learn spoken commands if they are given in conjunction with hand signals or gestures. 35) Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death!

36) Male rabbits are called "bucks," females are "does." 37) The flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down. 38) Animals generate 30 times more waste than humans which is 1.4 billion tons every year. 39) Ants never sleep. Also they dont have lungs. 40) A group of owls is called a parliament. 41) Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 litre bottles. 41) Apple and pear seeds contain arsenic, which may be deadly to dogs. 42) Cows have four stomachs. 43) An anteater is nearly 6 feet long, yet its mouth is only an inch wide. 44) The blue whale weighs as much as thirty elephants and is as long as three Greyhound buses. 45) A herd of sixty cows is capable of producing a ton of milk in less than a day. 46) A grasshopper can leap 20 times the length of its own body. 47) At birth, baby kangaroos are only about an inch longno bigger than a large water bug or a queen bee. 48) The smell of a skunk can be detected by a human a mile away. 49) There is a butterfly in Africa with enough poison in its body to

kill six cats! 50) Cats have lived with people for only 7,000 years. 51) A black panther is really a black leopard. 52) The honey bee has been around for 30 million years. 53) The dumbest dog in the world is the Afghan Hounds. 54) A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. 55) A dogs shoulder blades are unattached to the rest of the skeleton to allow greater flexibility for running. 56) Tigers have striped skin as well as their fur. 57) Hippos can run faster than humans! 58) The Latin name for moose is alces alces. 59) The earliest European images of dogs are found in cave paintings dating back 12,000 years ago in Spain. 60) Iguanas, Koalas and Komodo dragons all have two penises!

61) The Kangaroo's ancestors lived in trees. Today there are eight different kinds of tree kangaroos.

62) A Woodpecker can peck 20 times per second. 63) The Great Horned Owl has no sense of smell. 64) Scientists have performed brain surgery on cockroaches. 65) The flea can jump up to 200 times its own height. This is equivalent to a man jumping the Empire State Building in New York. 66) Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale. 67) The very first bomb that the Allies dropped on Berlin in WW2 hit an elephant. 68) A garden caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. 69) A moth has no stomach. 70) George Washington's teeth were made of elephant ivory, and walrus tusks. 71) Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk. 72) Goats and sheep are seasonal breeders. 73) An elephant can smell water up to 3 miles away. 74) Deer can't eat hay. 75) A skunk will not bite and throw its scent at the same time. 76) In 2003, Dr. Roger Mugford invented the wag-o-meter a device that claims to interpret a dogs exact mood by measuring the wag of its tail.

77) Every day of the year, 100 whales are killed by whale fisherman. 78) If you cut off a snail's eye, it will grow a new one. 79) The ostrich has two toes on each foot which gives it greater speed. 80) Lonomia obliqua is the world's deadliest caterpillar. 81) 'Jaws' is the most common name for a goldfish. 82) The most dogs ever owned by one person were 5,000 Mastiffs owned by Kubla Khan. 83) On average, cows poop 16 times per day! 84) The phrase raining cats and dogs originated in seventeenthcentury England. During heavy rainstorms, many homeless animals would drown and float down the streets, giving the appearance that it had actually rained cats and dogs. 85) The most poisonous fish in the world is the Stone fish. 86) Killer Whales are not whales at all, rather a species of dolphin. 87) Goats were the first animals domesticated by man in 10,000 B.C. 88) Dogs have sweat glands in between their paws. 89) The fear of animals is called zoophobia. 90) We share 70% of our DNA with a slug. 91) We share 98.4% of our DNA with a chimp.

92) Fireflies do not bite or have pincers. Fireflies are harmless, they don't even carry diseases. 93) Chocolate, macadamia nuts, cooked onions, or anything with caffeine is harmful to dogs. 94) No two tigers ever have the same stripes, and this is how individual tigers can be identified. 95) The American Kennel Club, the most influential dog club in the United States, was founded in 1884. 96) The longest recorded life span of a slug was 1 year, 6 months. 97) A whale's heart beats only nine times a minute. 98) Elephants are covered with hair. 99) Female koala bears have two vagina's.

100) A python can swallow a rabbit whole and may eat as many as 150 mice in a six-month period. 101) The placement of the eyes of a donkey enables them to see all four of their legs at all times. 102) At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces. 103) Oysters can change from one gender to another and back

again depending on which is best for mating. 104) Fireflies are the only creatures that give off light without generating heat. 105) Hummingbirds beat their wings 60 to 80 times per second. 106) Only half of a dolphins brain sleeps at a time. The other awake half makes the dolphin come up for air when needed to prevent drowning. 107) Dogs have about 1,700 taste buds. 108) It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs. 109) A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colours of its environment. 110) A rodent's teeth never stop growing. 111) When young abalones feed on red seaweed their shells turn red. 112) Small quantities of grapes and raisins can cause renal failure in dogs. 113) The hippopotamus is born underwater. 114) Taurophobia is the fear of bulls. 115) A bat can eat up to 1,000 insects per hour. 116) One million stray dogs and 500,000 stray cats live in New York City metropolitan area. 117) You can tell a turtle's gender by the noise it makes. Males

grunt, females hiss. 118) An elephant's trunk has around 15,000 muscles. 200 litres of water is drunk from it per day. 119) The most popular female dog name is Maggie. The most popular male dog name is Max. 120) A large group of goats is called a herd. 121) Squirrels cannot see the colour red. 122) The average chicken lays about 260 eggs per year. 123) A starving mouse will eat it's own tail. 124) Only 5 to 10 percent of cheetah cubs make it to adulthood. 125) Ferrets sleep around 20 hours a day. 126) Birds can recognise landmarks. 127) The starfish is the only animal capable of turning its stomach inside-out 128) Male dogs will raise their legs while urinating to aim higher on a tree or lamppost because they want to leave a message that they are tall and intimidating. Some wild dogs in Africa try to run up tree trunks while they are urinating to appear to be very large

129) Sharks have been around longer than dinosaurs. 130) About two-thirds of shark attacks on humans have taken place in water less than six feet deep. 131) Sharks are immune to cancer! 132) Worldwide, more people eat and drink milk from goats than any other animal. 133) Alligators cannot move backwards. 134) The most popular dog breed in Canada, America, and Great Britain is the Labrador retriever. 135) The largest giant squid ever found weighed 8,000 pounds. 136) Approximately 100 people die each year when they are stepped on by cows. 137) A butterfly has 12,000 eyes. 138) Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature. 139) Hippo's sweat is pink. 140) Whale Milk is 50% Fat. 141) In Croatia, scientists discovered that lampposts were falling down because a chemical in the urine of male dogs was rotting the metal. 142) In the Caribbean there are oysters that can climb trees. 143) The swan has over 25,000 feathers in its body.

144) The blue whale is the largest of all whales and is also considered the largest animal to have ever existed in the world. 145) Giraffes have no vocal cords. 146) Starfish have eight eyes - one at the end of each leg. 147) There are almost 60 million dogs in the United States. 148) After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again. 149) A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night. 150) Back in 1924, a monkey was convicted in South Bend of the crime of smoking a cigarette and sentenced to pay a 25 dollar fine! 151) Flamingos are pink because shrimp is one of their main sources of food. 152) The Mayans and Aztecs symbolised every tenth day with the dog, and those born under this sign were believed to have outstanding leadership skills. 153) When a male Tiger and female Lion mate they make a Tigon, when a male Lion and Female Tiger mate they make a Liger. 154) French poodles did not originate in France they came from Germany. 155) The breeding age for male goats is between 8-10 months. 156) Elephants don't drink through their trunks like a straw.

157) Baby whales grow to a 1/3 of their mother's length in the womb. 158) Goats do not have teeth in their upper front jaw. 159) Goats milk is higher in calcium, vitamin A and niacin than cows milk. 160) Turkeys have a poor sense of smell, but excellent sense of taste. 161) Cats can hear ultrasound. 162) Tuna fish can swim 40 miles in a single day. 163) Bumblebees have hair on their eyes. 164) Penguins can jump 6 feet out of water. 165) Giraffe hearts pump twice as hard as a cow's to get blood to its brain. 166) Blue whales have large enough aortas (the main blood vessel) for a human to crawl through. 167) Some dogs can smell dead bodies under water!

168) More than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the US at Thanksgiving. 169) Baby whales can gain up to 200 pounds per day. 170) Dogs have a wet nose to collect more of the tiny droplets of smelling chemicals in the air. 171) Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. 172) Cat owners are 30% less likely to suffer a heart attack. 173) Barn owls hunt mostly small mammals such as the shorttailed vole. 174) A ducks quack does echo, it's just very hard to hear. 175) A cheetahs lifespan is up to 12 years in the wild 176) Shark corneas are being used in human eye transplants. 177) Dogs are about as smart as a two or three-year-old child. 178) Butterflies have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, this is known as the exoskeleton. 179) Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders. 180) Polar bears are the world's largest land predators. 181) Hippos attract mates by urinating and defecating. 182) Butterflies can only see the colours red, green and yellow. 183) Yellowtail is the general name for loads of different species of fish that have yellow tails or a yellow body.

184) There are roughly twenty four thousand species of butterflies. 185) A dik-dik is a tiny antelope that lives in East Africa, Namibia and Angola. 186) Dik-diks weigh between three and six kilogrammes. 187) Female polar bears normally start having baby cubs at the age of four or five. 188) Fireflies are also known as Lightning Bugs. 189) Noctule bats fly before sunset, whereas Pipistrelles appear soon after sunset. 190) In general, Asiatic jerboas have five toes on their back feet and African jerboas have three. 191) Even though a polar bears average body temperature is 37C; they dont give off any detectable heat, so they wont show up in infrared photographs. 192) Dogs can see better when the light is low. 193) Dumbledore isnt only the Headmaster of Hogwarts; in fact a dumbledore is an old English term for a type of bee. 194) Most young fireflies feed on nectar and pollen, although adult fireflies do not need to eat to survive. 195) 79% of pet owners sleep with their pets. 196) Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors. 197) Many species of owls have special feathers for flying silently.

198) An elephant can smell water up to 3 miles away. 199) A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes. 200) There is only one pink bottlenose dolphin which has been discovered, in an inland lake in Louisiana, USA. 201) China has the most goats in the world, they have over 170 Million. 202) A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs.

203) One survey reports that 33 percent of dog owners admit they talk to their dogs on the phone or leave messages on answering machines while they are away. 204) The average dog can run about 19 mph. 205) The owl has a small brain. 206) Snakes do not blink. 207) A squid's eye can get as big as a basketball. 208) A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless. 209) Agrizoophobia is the fear of wild animals. 210) There are currently over a million animal species upon planet earth.

211) There are over 70,000 types of spiders spinning their webs in the world. 212) If you have a fear of chickens, then you actually have Alektorophobia. 213) Dogs can see in colour, though they most likely see colours similar to a colour-blind human. 214) Dogs have lived with humans for over 14,000 years. 215) There are 3,000 kinds of lice in the world. 216) The life of a housefly is only 14 days. 217) The lifespan of 75% of wild birds is 6 months. 218) Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people. 219) National Dance Like A Chicken Day falls on 14th May every year. 220) The sailfish can swim at the speed of 109 km/h, making it the fastest swimmer. 221) The crocodile's tongue is unmovable, as it is attached to the roof of its mouth. 222) Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on Earth and can run at speeds of 45 mph. 223) The Basenji is the worlds only bark-less dog. 224) Goats are quite agile creatures and in some cases they can jump over 5 feet.

225) In 2006, 253 fish-species were listed as critically endangered. 226) The hippopotamuss skin is protected by its own pink oily secretion known as Pink sweat. 227) The Tyrannosaurus Rex went extinct 65 million years ago. 228) The Irish Deer is the largest deer to have ever existed. It went into extinction approximately 7,700 years ago. 229) It costs approximately $10,000 to train a federally certified search and rescue dog. 230) The colour red doesn't really make bulls angry; they are color-blind. 231) A herd of unicorns is called a blessing. 232) The oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years. 233) According to records there are 50 million monkeys in the world! 234) There are an estimated 400 million dogs in the world. 235) Goats were the first animals to be used for milk by humans. 236) The U.S. has the highest dog population in the world. France has the second highest. 237) There are over 2700 types of snakes in the world and they live in deserts, forests, oceans, streams, lakes. 238) Cows from different areas have a different moo accent. 239) The male goat is called a buck or billy.

240) The female goat is called a doe or nanny. 241) A baby goat is called a kid. 242) Dog nose prints are as unique as human finger prints and can be used to identify them. 243) Ailurophobia is the fear of cats. 244) Ichthyophobia is the fear of fish. 245) Female Bald Eagles are 25% larger than males. 246) Frogs don't drink water. They absorb water through their skin. 247) Suriphobia is the fear of mice. 248) There are over 210 breeds of goats in the world. 249) A Polar Bear's outer fur is called 'guard hair'. 250) An adult lion's roar is so loud; it can be heard up to five miles away. 251) There is a shark called 'goblin shark' which has only been seen around 50 times since its discovery in 1897. 252) There are approximately 450 million goats around the world. 253) Dalmatians are completely white at birth. 254) A Beaver's teeth never stop growing. 255) Apiphobia is the fear of bees.

256) The average dolphin eats one third of its weight on food each day. 257) Goats and octopus pupils of their eyes are rectangular. 258) African elephants only have four teeth to chew their food with.

259) The scales of a crocodile are made of certain, the same substance that hooves and fingernails are made of. 260) Crocodiles Eat Stones. 261) Crocodiles have brains no larger than a cigar. 262) Cheetahs were trained by man for hunting as long as 3000 BC. 263) Horses can't vomit. 264) Both male and female caribou grow antlers. 265) Alternate American names for the Elk are the moose and the Wapiti. 266) A group of frogs is called an army. 267) Tigers can see 6 times better at night than humans. 268) Starfish don't die of old age.

269) A male gorilla can eat 40 pounds of food a day. 270) A group of whales is called a pod. 271) Female harp seals get in groups to have their babies one mating season is over. 272) When giraffes age, their fur darkens. 273) Heron's eggs have a greenish-blue pale colour. 274) You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. 275) All dolphins have a different whistle. 276) Scientists had to go 45 million years back in history to find the elephants oldest ancestor. 277) Tiger Day is the last Sunday in September. 278) There is no visual difference between male and female herons. 279) A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse. 280) Hyenas regularly eat the faeces of other animals. 281) Frogs cannot swallow without blinking. 282) Carpenter ants can live to be 7 years old. 283) A Giraffe has the same number of bones in its neck as a man. 284) Moose have very poor vision. Some have even tried to mate with cars.

285) The swan has over 25,000 feathers on its body. 286) African elephants have bigger ears than Indian elephants. 287) There is no record of a human being attacked by a healthy wolf. 288) Hummingbirds are the only birds who can fly backwards. 289) Dolphins can eat up to 30 pounds of fish a day. 290) There's a spider in Brazil whose bites can cause an erection that lasts for hours! 291) There are no ants in Iceland, Greenland, and Antarctica. 292) Before they're even born, sand tiger sharks eat their twin brothers and sisters! 293) Jellyfish evaporate in the sun. They're 98% water.

294) Rooster is simply a male chicken. 295) Pikachu is a mouse type Pokmon. 296) Some lions mate over 50 times a day. 297) The Big Five is a group of animals of Africa: cape buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion and rhino.

298) The slowest fish is the Sea Horse, which moves along at about 0.01 mph (0.016 km/h). 299) Millions of trees are accidentally planted by squirrels that bury nuts and then forget where they hid them. 300) The lifespan of a bush baby is 14 years.

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