Sunday, October 13, 2013

A few mind boggling facts about our world (25 Photos)

In an average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator 

Frogs can’t swallow without blinking because their eyeballs help push food into their stomachs



Astatine is the rarest element on Earth with less than 1 gram existing in the crust.

Humans have 100,000 hairs on their heads while Otters have 160,000 per sq cm

The average full grown cow can produce around 150 pounds of manure daily.

Speaking of, in one day 2 cows could nearly fill your bathtub with poop. Yummy

Starfish are not fish and killer whales are not whales
The naked mole rat is immune to cancer and can live with almost no oxygen

see all 25 'facts' at http://thechive.com/a-few-mind-boggling-facts-about-our-world

In all of history man has only pulled out two Olympic sized swimming pools of gold from the Earth

The longest animal is a marine worm that can grow to 55 meters. It is called the lineus longissimus
Due to gravity, the theoretical maximum height of a tree is 130 meters

The largest living thing is a fungus in Oregon that covers 10 sq km

99% of the Earth’s gold is in its core

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