Random Facts of the Month

Because you guys have asked.

1. If you attempted to count the stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3000 years to count them all.
2. Just 20 seconds worth of fuel remain when Apollo 11’s lunar module landed on the moon.
3. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows
4. Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons.
5. Slugs have four noses.
6. Camel milk does not curdle.
7. There are one million ants to every human in the world.
8. Frogs cannot swallow with their eyes open.
9. Teeth are the only parts of the human body that can’t repair themselves.
10. A quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
11. The tongue is the fastest healing part of the body.
12. Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.
13. A one-day weather forecast requires about 10 billion math calculations
14. The birth that lays the largest egg in relation to its own size is the kiwi.
15. A two-hour motion picture uses around 3.3km of film.
16. Lettuce has been grown and cultivated for more than 2500 years,.
17. Kermit he frog has 11 points in his collar.
18. The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.
19. Female elephants produce only one offspring every five years
20. The African eagle swooping at nearly 200 km/hr, can break to a halt in 6 metres.
21. Cooking and freezing does not affect the heat of a chilli.
22. Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
23. The garfish has green bones.
24. Placing a piece of charcoal, chalk or several mothballs in a toolbox prevents tolls from rusting.
25. Acorns are poisonous to humans. If eaten they will cause kidney damage.
26. On a clear dark night. A human can see a candle burning 50km away.
27. As much as 50 litres of maple sap is used to make a single litre of maple syrup.
28. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 5000km/hr.
29. The favorite horse wins fewer than 30% of the races.
30. A violin contains about 70 individual pieces of wood.
31. The brain is 74% water.
32. Most newborns cry without tears until they are three to six weeks old.
33. The scales on the underside of a snake are called “scutes”.
34. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
35. It takes about 550 peanuts to make one jar of peanut butter.
36. A man’s voice is deeper than a woman’s because males have longer vocal cords.
37. The koala is one of the few land animals that does not require water to survive.