Factoids


One human brain generates more electrical impulses in a single day than all of the world’s telephones put together.


Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.


Of all the birds in the world, only the hummingbird can fly upside down.


Thinking thin can work as a diet strategy if you concentrate hard enough. Intense concentration can burn as many calories as physical exercise.


Only a little over 80 years ago, the Wright Brothers’ historic first flight covered less ground than the space shuttle now occupies standing still.


A single brown bat can capture over 500 mosquitoes per hour. The bats from just 3 caves near San Antonio eat over 1 million pounds of insects each night.



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