Fact #79

Humans share 50 percent of their DNA with bananas.

Fact #78

In your lifetime, you will produce enough spit to fill two swimming pools.

Fact #77

At Brennender Berg (“Burning Mountain”) in Germany, underground coal has been on fire since 1688.

Fact #75

An octopus has three hearts.

Fact #74

John Tyler, the 10th president of the US, was born in 1790. His two grandsons are still alive today.

Fact #73

Unicorn is Scotland’s national animal.

Fact #72

By law, beer commercials in America are disallowed from showing people drinking beer.

Fact #71

Male ostriches can roar like lions

Fact #70

Elephants can smell water from three miles away.

Fact #67

The Southern Right Whale has the largest testicles of any living being on earth, with each pair weighing around a ton.

Fact #66

Sound travels five times faster in water than in air.

Fact #65

The second-loudest animal on earth is the Howler Monkey which is found in the rain forests of Latin America. It usually howls in morning and evening to communicate with others of the species. These howls can be heard up to 3 miles away in dense forest.

Fact #64

Humpback whales are the loudest animals on earth. Their low-frequency rumbling “songs” (over 180 decibels in volume) can be heard 500 miles away under water. (In contrast,  the sound of a jet engine reaches only 140 decibels.) 
WhileBlue whales stay alone and communicate with whales in other oceans with their deep sound, often in frequencies as low as 14 Hz which humans cannot hear.

Fact #63

The blue whale is the largest animal ever in the history of the earth. Weighing 144 tons, it is larger than even the biggest dinosaur. Its tongue weighs as much as an elephant and its heart is as big as a car.

Fact #61

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards.

Fact #60

The Black Box found in aircraft is orange in color.

Fact #59

Cats have three eyelids. Their sense of smell is 14 times stronger than that of humans.

Fact #58

Synesthesia is a rare condition in which the senses get cross-wired. Stimulation of one sense causes stimulation of another. If you have synesthesia, you may see colours when you hear a sound, or you can taste words!

Fact #57

Marie Curie’s notebooks are still radioactive. People wishing to read them have to sign a disclaimer that they are doing so at their own risk.