Very Interesting and Unusual Scientific Facts

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A dog's sense of smell is 1,000 times more sensitive than a humans.

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Hummingbirds consume half of their body weight in food every day.

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A quarter of the world's plants are threatened with extinction by the year 2010.

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The human brain is 2% of the body's weight but uses a hungry 20% of its energy.

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The African Elephant gestates for 22 months.

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Some species of bamboo grow at a rate of 3ft per day.

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Shrimps' hearts are in their heads.

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Each domestic cow emits about 105 pounds of methane a year.

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It typically takes twelve years and close to billion dollars to develop a new medicine.

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A snail can sleep for three years.

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A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.

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Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed, and continue living.

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The average person accidentally eats 430 bugs each year of their life.

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Inbreeding causes 3 out of every 10 Dalmatian dogs to suffer from hearing disability.

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A goldfish is the only animal that can see both infrared and ultraviolet light.

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Only female mosquitoes bite.

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A thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons.

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An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.

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Any 1 of a 1000 viruses can cause the common cold.

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Each person sheds 40lbs of skin in his or her lifetime.

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Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.

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If every star in the Milky Way was a grain of salt they would fill an Olympic sized swimming pool.

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Rice plants may have up to 55,000 genes.

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Sneezes can travel up to 100mph

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The fastest speed a falling raindrop can hit you is 18mph.

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The human retina is made up of about 120 million rod cells.

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The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

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The petals of the world's largest flower are 1.5 feet long.

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The temperature at the centre of the Earth is estimated to be 5500 degrees Celsius.

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A cockroach can live for nine days without its head.

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A human heart beats 100,000 times a day.

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At 15 inches the eyes of giant squids are the largest on the planet.