•    The fur of the binturong, also known as the Asian bear cat, smells like popcorn. The scent is believed to come from a gland located near the tail.

•    The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles.

•    Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison.

•    Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body.

•    A leech has 32 brains.

•    Human beings are born with over 300 bones in their body, however, when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone.

•    A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs.

•    The reason why hair turns grey as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing ‘melanin’ which gives the hair colour. •    The right lung of a human is larger than the left one. This is because of the space and placement of the heart.

•    Corals take a long time to grow. Some corals only grow one centimetre in one year.

•    Rabbits can live up to 10 years.

•    The average life span of a single red blood cell is 120 days.

•    There is a dog museum in St. Louis, Missouri.

•    An average person laughs about 15 times a day.

•    The human body makes anywhere from one to three pints of saliva every 24 hours.

•    Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph.

•    The purpose of tonsils is to destroy foreign substances that are swallowed or breathed in.

•    One of the most dangerous insect in the world is the common housefly. They carry and transmit more diseases than any other animal in the world.

— Compiled by The Surfer