Interesting Facts 182

The setting sun is redder than the rising sun because the air at the end of the day is generally dustier than it is at the beginning of the day.
The salute of uniform bodies (eg. army, police) originated from knights who lifted their visors to show their face to a royalty.
The San Diego Zoo in California has the largest collection of animals in the world.
The secretary-bird swallow hen’s egg whole without breaking its shell.
The silkworm consumes 86000 times its own weight in 56 days.
The song “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” was written by George Graff, who was German, and was never in Ireland in his life.
The sound you here when you put a seashell next to your ear is not the ocean, but blood flowing through your head.
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