Friday, July 22, 2011

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • an area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
  • an arrow frog has enough poison to kill over 2,200 people
  • an astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity)
  • an egg contains every vitamin except vitamin C
  • an elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature
  • an elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water
  • an iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes
  • an individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body
  • an octopus pupil is rectangular

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