Interesting Facts 8

 

 

Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue
 whale.

 

Blue whales weigh as much as 30 elephants and are as
 long as 3 Greyhound buses.

 

Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land.
 Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself
 chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You’ll lose him or her every time.

 

Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue twice as much
 as to any other color.

 

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to
 eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

 

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

 

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being
 the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

 

An old law in Bellingham,
  Washington
, made it illegal for
 a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

 

About 20% of bird species have become extinct in the
 past 200 years, almost all of them because of human activity.

 

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds; dogs only have
 about ten.

 

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