MIND BLOWING FACTS (part –III)64. A rat can last longer without water than a camel can> 65. About 10% of the world's population is left-handed > 66. Dolphins sleep with one eye open> 67. Snakes have no external ears. Therefore, they do not hear the music of a "snake charmer". Instead, they are probably responding to the movements of the snake charmer and the flute. However, sound waves may travel through bones in their heads to the middle ear. > 68. Many spiders have eight eyes.> 69. The tongue of snakes has no taste buds. Instead, the tongue is used to bring smells and tastes into the mouth. Smells and tastes are then detected in two pits, called "Jacobson's organs", on the roof of their mouths. Receptors in the pits then transmit smell and taste information to the brain. > 70. Birds don't sweat> 71. The highest kangaroo leap recorded is 10 ft and the longest is 42 ft> 72. Flamingo tongues were eaten common at Roman feasts> 73. The smallest bird in the world is the Hummingbird. It weighs 1oz > 74. The bird that can fly the fastest is called a White it can fly up to 95 miles per hour.> 75. The oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. It is the > flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert> 76. Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.> 77. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.> If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty. > If it's reduced by 10%, you'll die.> 78. Along with its length neck, the giraffe has a very long tongue -- > more than a foot and a half long. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue> 79. Ostriches can kick with tremendous force, but only forward. Don't Mess with them> 80. An elephant can smell water three miles away> 81. If you were to remove your skin, it would weigh as much as 5 pounds> 82. A hippopotamus can run faster than a man> 83. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history > 84. The world's known tallest man is Robert Pershing Wadlow. The giraffe is 5.49m (18 ft.), the man is 2.55m (8ft. 11.1 in.).> 85. The world's tallest woman is Sandy Allen. She is 2.35m (7 ft. 7 in.).> 86. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.> 87. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth. The heart of a blue whale is as big as a car, and its tongue is as long as an elephant. Compiled By Sabita Das
