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The United States is second in the world for the number of people per capita
in prison.
Interesting Facts about our World www.nationmaster.com/facts.php
In 1883, the explosion
of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the atmosphere that sunsets
appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two
years.
source: Science Made Simple http://www.vramp.net/~science/news.html
The Earth's surface
temperature has increased by almost 0.7°C since the beginning of this
century. The 10 warmest years since the mid-1800's, when people began keeping
records, have all occurred since 1983.
source: Science Made Simple http://www.vramp.net/~science/news.html
The largest visible meteorite
crater in the world is in Winslow, Arizona. 4,150 feet across and 150 feet
deep.
source: http://home.earthlink.net/~stcarr/facts.html
How do potato beetles
find the potato plants in someones garden? To a potato beetle the odor of
the potato plants is like an advertisement for a free meal of their favorite
food. They may feel like you do when you go into a kitchen where someone
is cooking a feast. But the potato beetle uses its antenna to sense odor,
people use their noses.
source: Ranger Rich magazine March 1998
Bird droppings are white
because they contain the chemical uric (YUR-ik) acid. Uric acid is a waste
product of an animal's body that must be gotten rid of. Mammals eliminate
uric acid by passing it out of their bodies in urine. For birds, reptiles
and insects it is passed out along with other waste from the
intestines.
source:Ranger Rick magazine November 1996
About 600 species of plants
are carnivorous. Most eat insects but also on the menu are frogs, birds and
even small monkeys. About 90 per cent of the population of carnivorous plants
that once lived in the United States has been destroyed from the building
of shopping malls, farms and other activities of humans.
source:Science World magazine, October 18, 1996
Merry melody -- The tune of The Star
Spangled Banner was an old English drinking song . It was not made the official
national anthem until 1931.
source: http://www.elliottsamazing.com/elliot-cgi/factoid.pl?facts
Insects where we don't
want them -- You might be eating about a pound of insects in a year. Pieces
of bugs are found in many foods. It's just too difficult to keep food 100
per cent insect free.
source: National Geograph World
Tiny mammal --
The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat from Asia. It weighs
less than a penny!
source: Ranger Rick Magazine
Brainy animal -- Dolphins
have bigger brains than the brains of humans..
source: http://home.earthlink.net/~ljwhite/amazingfacts.html
Insect noises -- Insects
do not make noises with their voices. The noise of bees, mosquitos and other
buzzing insects is caused by rapidly moving wings. The loud sound of cicadas
comes from rapidly moving tambourine-like structures on the cicada's abdomen.
Crickets rub the underside of one wing against the upper front edge of the
other.
source: American Boy's Treasury of Sports, Hobbies and Games by Stanely
Pashko and Pets in a Jar by Seymour Simon
The world's fastest flying
insect is a kind of horsefly. It can zoom along at 90 miles per
hour.
source: Ranger Rick Magazine
A person can expect to
breathe in about 40 pounds of dust over their lifetime.
source: Bill Nye the Science Guy
Crab protectors -- Anemones
(uh NEM uh knees) are a particular animal that live in the sea. They look
much like plants and have stinging tentacles. Some crabs protect themselves
by attaching anemones to their claws.
source:Usborne Facts and Fun About Animals and Science
In some parts of the world
algae living in the snow turn the snow red in the spring.
source: http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/presents/algae1
Most bats feed upon insects.
Bats are an important factor in controlling the population of insects. One
out of every four mammals in the world is a bat.
source:Usborne Facts and Fun About Animals and Science
What are eyebrows for?
-- It is believed that their main purpose is to keep sweat out of the
eyes.
source: Usborne Facts and Fun About Animals and Science
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