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The World Most Venomous Animal is the box jellyfish
Its venom is so painful that there are several reports of people who passed out from the pain but kept screaming long after losing consciousness.
human victims go straight into shock, and drown or die of heart failure before even reaching shore. Survivors experience pain weeks after the contact with box jellies and are left with permanent scarring where the tentacles contacted the skin

Did you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse together).

Flea's can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6ft. person jumping 780 ft. into the air.

Ten minutes of one hurricane contains enough energy to match the nuclear stockpiles of the world.

Most gemstones contain several elements. The exception? The diamond. It's all carbon.

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to digest a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. (Mmm, diet food.)

Laser is actually an acronym for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation."



The phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses all letters of the English alphabet.

[Edited by benduhova, 4/1/2012 11:58:10 AM]

It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.

Human jaw muscles can generate a force of 200 pounds (90.8 kilograms) on the molars.

The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.

The seeds of an Indian Lotus tree remain viable for 300 to 400 years.

Because the structure of that specific type of calcium does not bond well with the human bone, and over time prolonged consumption can actually cause the onset of Osteoporosis. But never take my word for something, look it up yourself!

Our solar system has a relatively small main sequence star, as such it will not explode, but expand out into a red giant and slowly shed it's outer layers. (This is much more violent than it sounds, and will most definitely destroy Earth when it happens.)

[Edited by fault2k, 4/1/2012 3:03:35 PM]