MIND BLOWING FACTS (part –V) > 103. Every radio station has its own frequency. When you turn the tuning knob on your radio, you are choosing which frequency you want your antenna to "catch." > 104. Mountain lions are known by more than 100 names, including panther, catamount, cougar, painter and puma. It's scientific name is Felis concolor, which means "cat of one color." At one time, mountain lions were very common! > 105. The large cats of the world are divided into two groups- those that roar, like tigers and African lions, and those that purr. Mountain lions purr, hiss, scream, and snarl, but they cannot roar. > 106. They can jump a distance of 30 feet, and jump as high as 15 feet. It would take quite a fence to keep a mountain lion out!> 107. Their favorite food is deer, but they'll eat other critters as well. They hunt alone, not in packs like wolves. They sneak up on their prey just like a house cat sneaks up on a bird or toy- one slow step at a time. A lion can eat ten pounds of meat at one time! That's equivalent to 40 quarter-pounder hamburgers! > 108. Queen ants can live to be 30 years old> 109. Dragonflies can flap their wings 28 times per second and they can fly up to 60 miles per hour> 110. As fast as dragonflies can flap their wings, bees are even faster... they can flap their wings 435 times per second> 111. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete.> 112. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath> 113. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day> 114. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people> 115. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump!> 116. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!> 117. Women blink nearly twice as much as men> 118. Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible> 119. Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren't added to it. > 120. More people are allergic to cow's milk than any other food.> 121. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand> 122. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.> 123. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska,USA.> 124. Some worms will eat themselves if they can't find any food!> 125. It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open> 126. Queen Elizabeth I regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. > She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not> 127. Slugs have 4 noses.> 128. Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue. Compiled By Sabita Das
