Wednesday 3 July 2013

30 fact you need to know

1 A goldfish's attention span is three seconds. 2 Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons. 3 Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes under water. 4 Slugs have four noses. 5 Camels have three eyelids. 6 A honey bee can fly at 15mph. 7 A queen bee can lay 800-1,500 eggs per day. 8 A bee has five eyelids. 9 The average speedofa housefly is 4.5 mph. 10 Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas. 11 Flamingos turn pink from eating shrimp. 12 Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backward. 13 Cats have over 100 vocal chords. 14 Camel's milk does not curdle. 15 All porcupines float in water. 16 The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1. 17 A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. 18 A jellyfish is 95% water. 19 Children grow faster in the spring. 20 Broccoli is the only vegetable that is also a flower. 21 Almonds are partofthe peach family. 22Alaska has the highest percentageofpeople who walk to work. 23The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile national monument. 24 The stateofMaine has 62 lighthouses. 25 The only food that does not spoil is honey. 26 The Hawaiian alphabet only has 12 letters. 27 A ballofglass will bounce higher than a ballofrubber. 28Chewing gum while peeling onions will prevent you from crying. 29On average a human will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime. 30 Fish have eyelids.