THE MAIN LIBRARY AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY SINKS OVER AN INCH EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS BUILT, ENGINEERS FAILED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE WEIGHT OF ALL THE BOOKS THAT WOULD OCCUPY THE BUILDING.
FISHES TALK TO EACH OTHER? SOME OF THEM COMMUNICATE BY MAKING NOISES IN THEIR THROATS BY RASPING THEIR TEETH,OTHERS USE THEIR SWIM BLADDERS TO MAKE SOUNDS
DURING HISTORIC CIVIL WARS,WHEN TROOPS RETURNED WITHOUT ANY CASUALTIES, A WRITING WAS PUT UP SO ALL CAN SEE WHICH READ "0 KILLED ". FROM HERE WE GET THE EXPRESSION "O.K" WHICH MEANS ALL IS GOOD.
OUR EARS NEVER STOP GROWING, BUT THE GROWTH IS VERY SLOW.
MOSQUITO REPELLENTS DON'T REPEL. THEY HIDE YOU. THE SPRAY BLOCKS THE MOSQUITO'S SENSORS SO THEY DON'T KNOW YOU'RE THERE.
STATISTICALLY, PEOPLE ARE MORE AFRAID OF SPIDERS THAN THEY ARE OF DYING.
WHEN TWO ZEBRAS STANDS SIDE BY SIDE,THEY USUALLY FACE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.THEY SAY THIS IS SO THEY CAN KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR PREDATORS
Friday, October 30, 2009
NIAGARA FALLS EXPERIENCED A BREAK OF SEVERAL HOURS ON MARCH 29th 1848, WHEN AN ICE JAM BLOCKED THE SOURCE RIVER.
SNAKES ALWAYS KEEP THEIR EYES OPEN, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ASLEEP.
