A cheetah can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h in 2 seconds |
Fish that live more than 800 meters below the ocean surface don't have eyes |
About 70% of all organisms in the world are Bacteria |
Earth's oceans contain 7 1/2 million tons of gold, dissolved in the water |
Tiger Snake of Australia is the most poisonous snake in the world. 1 mg of its venom is enough to kill a man |
The common silkworm has eleven brains. It only uses five of them |
A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length |
A rainbow can only occur when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon |
Polar bears are the only mammal with hair on the soles of its feet |
The thumbnail grows the slowest; the middle nail grows the fastest |