Eastern cougar

The Eastern cougar is now extinct due to habitat destruction. We are sad to see them go. :(

A chameleon's tongue is two times the length of its body!

The Ocean is a Salty Soccer Field

If all the oceans were to evaporate, the salt left behind would cover the entire planet in a layer of salt 50 meters thick - that's like half a soccer field!

Scientists estimate that there are at least a millon new species to still be discovered
in the deep oceans!

China Pollution

In a 2005 study, China's environmental agency said that living in Chinese cities hurt a person's lungs more than smoking two packs of cigarettes a day.

Dollar Bill

The one dollar bill has many way to identify it. Here is one way. Look on the big number one; if you look close enough you can see a little spider.

Riddle Answerer

The answer to Friday's riddle...

 Riddle - What is OK for one, perfect for two, and too much for three?

Answer - A Secret, because a secret with one person is ok, with two its great, but with three its too much.

Fun Fact Friday | A Riddle!

What is OK for one, perfect for two, and too much for three? Give the answer in comments.

Coffee

If a person screamed for a total of 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, they would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

Did you know that newborn babies are color blind?

The visual system of a new baby takes time to develop. In the first week of life, babies don't see color. Their first view of the world is only in gray.

Stomach

Did you know that your stomach would digest it self without a lining of mucus? Each minute the surface lining sheds some 500,000 cells and then completely replaces itself in three days which continually protects the stomach from caustic digestive juices.

Electric Eel

 

Have you ever wondered how much electricity an electric eel can make? Well here's the answer... An electric eel has current producing organs made up of electric plates that create a charge of 350 volts to as much as 550 volts.

People love Oreos! Over 20.5 million Oreo cookies are eaten each day. That means that there are 625 million per month and 7.5 billion Oreos eaten each year.

spider

No know one has ever died from the bite of a tarantula even though they are the largest spider.  They can be as small as a fingernail and as big as a dinner plate.

And they are hairy - yuk!

The Ocean

 Fifty to 80 percent of all life on Earth is found under the ocean surface and the oceans contain 99 percent of the living space on the planet and less than 10 percent has been explored by humans. Did you know scientists know more about the moon than the bottom of the ocean?

Black Holes

A black hole is a region of space where nothing can escape - not even light. Around a black hole there is an undetectable surface which marks the point of no return. This is called an event horizon. Some scientists think there are black holes at the centers of galaxies, including our own.

Tiger

Did you know tiger's fur isn't the only thing on the tiger that has black and orange stripes? It's skin is also striped. If the fur were shaved off a tiger, the skin underneath would have exactly the same markings that the fur had. The stripes serve to help conceal the tiger when its hunting or hiding from other prey. 8)

Fun Fact Friday

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

Any one know that?

Have a good weekend

 

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Did you know the Arctic is a desert? The Arctic is a cold desert because it gets very little precipitation - about the same amount as the Sahara.

A Fact a day by Double A

We all know a tornado is very fast but a horse can run faster. That's why farmers let there horses out during a tornado.

Polar bear fur is clear not white. The hair looks white because the air spaces in each hair scatter light of all colors making it appear white to the eye.

LETS ALL SAVE THE POLAR BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Oysters can change their gender from male to female

several times in a year.

A Fact A Day By Double A - Fun Fact Friday!

It is almost impossible to say "Toy Boat" really fast five times. Try it!

Have a good weekend.

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Starfish can regrow a limb and their limbs can regrow bodies.

This process is called regeneration.

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The black mamba is not really black it is usually an olive green or light brown. The reason it is called the black mamba is because the inside of it's mouth is black.  It is also the most venomous snake in Africa. The toxins in it's venom can kill a full grown man in fifteen minutes.

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The Portuguese man o' war  is not a jellyfish though it does sting like a jellyfish.  A jelly fish is a single organism and a man o' war is a made up of many tiny individuals called zooids.  The Portuguese man o' war is one of the most venomous creatures in the water.