science facts

1. 1. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
   2. Shrimp’s hearts are in their heads.
   3. Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
   4. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds
   5. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
   6. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
   7. Porcupines float in water.
   8. An ostrich’s eye is bigger that its brain.
   9. An iguana can stay under water for twenty-eight minutes.
   10. The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.
   11. It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
   12. The pupil of an octopus’ eye is rectangular.
   13. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
   14. The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.
   15. Ants cannot chew their food, they move their jaws sideways, like scissors, to extract the juices from the food.
   16. Hummingbirds are the only animals able to fly backward.
   17. 1. A bolt of lightning is about 54,000°F (30,000°C); six times hotter than the Sun.
       2. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%).
       3. The average distance between the Earth & the Moon is 238,857 miles (384,392 km).
       4. The moon is 27% the size of the Earth.
       5. The Earth weighs 6.6 sextillion tons, or 5.97 x 1024 kg.
       6. The center of the Sun is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million °C).
       7. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes & 20 seconds to reach the Earth at 186,282 miles/sec (299,792 Km/sec).
       8. The highest temperature on Earth was 136°F (58°C) in Libya in 1922.
       9. The lowest temperature on Earth was -128.6°F (-89.6°C) in Antarctica in 1983.
       10. Sunlight can penetrate clean ocean water to a depth of 240 feet.
       11. The average ocean floor is 12,000 feet.
       12. The temperature can be determined by counting the number of cricket chirps in fourteen seconds and adding 40.
       13. House flies have a lifespan of two weeks.
       14. Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.
       15. Starfish don’t have brains.