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Young World


December 18, 2004



Interesting facts



By Nabeel Zafar


Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue.

An ant can survive for up to two days underwater.

Australia is a major exporter of camels

Australia has no native monkeys. (in the wild)

You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.

Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees.

Human babies are born two months prematurely for our size and lifespan, to accommodate for the fact that we have large brains during birth.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

Cicadas have their hearing organs in their stomachs, at the base of the abdomen.

The caterpillar has more than 2,000 muscles

There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script.

In a deck of cards, the King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache.



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