- Polar bear is the only mammal to have hair on its soles.
- Plants also need rest as we do. During day time, they breathe in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen to make food. They go on breathing, take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide like we do. So at night, all the work stops, growth stops, and the plant waits for morning to start all over again.
- The most widely cultivated fruit in the world is the people. The second one is the pear.
- The left ear is more sensitive to music than the right one.
- The earth’s innermost core is believed to be made up to iron and nickel.
- A ton is an imperial measure of weight and is equivalent to approximately 1,016 kilograms. One ton is a metric measure and is equal to 1,000 kilograms.
- Animals are said to be the best weather forecasters. If you see crows setting nosily on the trees and flying to and fro, see gees flying or ducks leaving the water and walking in the grass in search of snails. If cats become restless and start wandering, it is an indication that a thunderstorm is brewing. You can expect a wet day.
- Scientists have been able to forewarn earthquakes by keeping a close watch on animal behavior. Cats leading kittens to open field, snakes sneaking out of their burrows in extreme in winter, fowls refusing to enter their coups are all forewarnings of an earthquake.
- A honey bee can never sting you a second time. It loses it sting after the first sting.
- Bees make honey. Have you seen the hanging combs of a beehive from tree? A beehive is the home of a queen bee, a few drones and over 30,000 workers. Some worker bees look after the many needs off the beehive, some keep the hive cool and airy by beating their wings and some feed the larvae which have hatched out of the eggs the queen bees has laid.