No other animal gives us more by-products than the pig. These by-products include pig suede, buttons, glass, paint brushes, crayons, chalk and insulation to name a few.       According to tests made at the Institute for the Study of Animal Problems in Washington, D.C., dogs and
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                  The opening to the cave in which a bear hibernates is always on the North Slope.       A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.       Rats can’t vomit. That’s why rat poison works so well.       Many hamsters only blink one eye at
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                  A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can.       Giraffes have no vocal chords.       A kangaroo can hop 30 feet at once.       A kangaroo can’t jump unless its tail is touching the ground.       Most elephants weigh less than the tongue
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                  Birds do not sleep in their nests. They may occasionally nap in them, but they actually sleep in other places.       A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person.       A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.      Â
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                  Crocodiles, and Alligators…       A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old ones.       A crocodile can’t move it’s tongue.       A crocodile will some times eat other crocodiles.       A crocodile’s tongue is attached to the roof of it’s mouth.       Crocodiles and
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                  On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.       More people are killed each year from bees than from snakes.       More people are allergic to cow’s milk than any other food.       The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ heads enables it
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                  Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian.       The present population of 5 billion plus people of the world is predicted to become 15 billion by 2080.       The first known transfusion of blood was performed as early as 1667, when Jean-Baptiste, transfused two pints of blood from
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                  Earth’s Record Holders       Highest mountain on Earth, Mt. Everest grows about 4 millimeters a year since two tectonic plates which collided millions of years ago to form the Himalayas, continue to press against each other.       Earths highest waterfall is at Angel Falls in Venezuela
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                  President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.       Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to have plumbing installed in his house, in 1840.       The first ever TV commercial in the U.S. was for
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                  Most people have an IQ in the 90 – 109 range. You’re considered a genius if your IQ is 132 or above. Chris Langan has an IQ of 195, the highest known IQ in the US. He started talking at 6 months and by age 4
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