amazing facts

The shrimp's heart is in its head.

Ants never sleep

The human brain is 80% water

An olive tree can live up to 1500 years

Cleopatra married two of her brothers

Cinderella is known as Rashin Coatie in Scotland, Zezolla in Italy, and Yeh-hsien in China

Roosters have to extend their necks in order to crow

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room

In Korea and other East Asian countries, the age of the person is counted from conception and not physical birth

Butterflies smell with their feet

Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village"

Australia is a major exporter of camels.

Law of Close Encounters: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

The X's that people sometimes put at the end of letters or notes to mean a kiss, actually started back in the 1000's when Lords would sign their names at the end of documents to other important people. It was originally a cross that they would kiss after signing to signify that they were faithful to God and their King. Over the years though, it slanted into the X



Not only the fur of the tiger is striped but also its skin


The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.