219. Fact

The highest temperature on earth was 136f (58c) in libya in 1922.

220. Fact

The lowest temperature on earth was -128.6f (-89.6c) in antarctica in 1983.

221. Fact

Sunlight can penetrate clean ocean water to a depth of 240 feet.

222. Fact

The average ocean floor is 12,000 feet.

223. Fact

The temperature can be determined by counting the number of cricket chirps in fourteen seconds and adding 40.

224. Fact

House flies have a lifespan of two weeks.

225. Fact

Chimps are the only animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.

226. Fact

Starfish don't have brains.

227. Fact

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

228. Fact

Shrimp's hearts are in their heads.

229. Fact

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

230. Fact

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

231. Fact

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.

232. Fact

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

233. Fact

Porcupines float in water.

234. Fact

An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain.

235. Fact

An iguana can stay under water for twenty-eight minutes.

236. Fact

The common goldfish is the only animal that can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light.

237. Fact

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

238. Fact

The pupil of an octopus' eye is rectangular.

239. Fact

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

240. Fact

The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk.

241. Fact

Ants cannot chew their food, they move their jaws sideways, like scissors, to extract the juices from the food.

242. Fact

Hummingbirds are the only animals able to fly backwards.

243. Fact

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

244. Fact

A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.

245. Fact

Armadillos get an average of 18.5 hours of sleep per day.

246. Fact

Armadillos can walk underwater.

247. Fact

There are more beetles than any other kind of creature in the world.

248. Fact

Certain frogs that can survive the experience of being frozen.

249. Fact

Only humans sleep on their backs.

250. Fact

The human brain is 80% water.

251. Fact

Everyone's tongue print is different.

252. Fact

As an adult, you have more than 20 square feet of skin on your body--about the same square footage as a blanket for a queen-sized bed.

253. Fact

In your lifetime, you'll shed over 40 pounds of skin.

254. Fact

15 million blood cells are produced and destroyed in the human body every second.

255. Fact

Every minute, 30-40,000 dead skin cells fall from your body.

256. Fact

The brain uses more than 25% of the oxygen used by the human body.

257. Fact

If your mouth was completely dry, you would not be able to distinguish the taste of anything.

258. Fact

There are more living organisms on the skin of a single human being than there are human beings on the surface of the earth.

259. Fact

Muscles are made up of bundles from about 5 in the eyelid to about 200 in the buttock muscle.

260. Fact

Muscles in the human body (640 in total) make up about half of the body weight.

261. Fact

The human body has enough fat to produce 7 bars of soap.

262. Fact

The human head is a quarter of our total length at birth, but only an eighth of our total length by the time we reach adulthood.

263. Fact

Most people blink about 17,000 times a day.

264. Fact

Moths have no stomach.

265. Fact

Hummingbirds can't walk.

266. Fact

Sea otters have 2 coats of fur.

267. Fact

A starfish can turn its stomach inside out.

268. Fact

A zebra is white with black stripes.

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