Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
* * * A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. * * * A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. * * * A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. * * * A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. * * * A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; a group of geese in the air is a skein. * * * A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. * * * A snail can sleep for three years. * * * Almonds are a member of the peach family. * * * An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. * * * Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age. * * * Butterflies taste with their feet. * * * Did you know that crocodiles never outgrow the pool in which they live? * * * February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. * * * In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. * * * In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10 . * * * It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. * * * Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. * * * Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. * * * Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye." * * * The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. * * * The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. * * * The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. * * * The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. * * * There are more chickens than people in the world. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. * * * Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. * * * Women blink nearly twice as much as men. * * * Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. * * * Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. * * * Walt Disney was afraid of mice. * * * The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes. * * * China has more English speakers than the United States. * * * Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres. * * * The longest town name in the world has 167 letters. * * * Rene Descartes came up with the theory of coordinate geometry by looking at a fly walk across a tiled ceiling Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. * * * Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village". * * * The most common name in the world is Mohammed. |