The venom of the king cobra is so deadly that one gram of it can kill 150 people. Just to handle the substance can put one in a coma.
Every year more people are killed in Africa by crocodiles than by lions.
The flying snake of Java and Malaysia Chrysopelea ornata is able to flatten itself out like a ribbon and sail like a glider from tree to tree.
Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way that men do.
The bat is the only mammal that can fly.
A pig is a hog – hog is a generic name for all swine – but a hog is not a pig. In the terminology of pig raising, a pig is a baby hog less than 10 weeks old.
In the city of Washington, D.C., no building may be built taller than the Capitol.
The statue by Auguste Rodin that has come to be called “”The Thinker”” was not meant to be a portrait of man in thought. It is a portrait of the poet Dante.
An airplane uses more fuel flying at 25,000 feet than at 30,000 feet. The higher it flies, the thinner the atmosphere, and the plane consumes less fuel in less atmospheric resistance.
Children born in the month of May are on average 200 grams heavier at birth than children born in any other month.
The average hummingbird weighs less than a penny. It has a body temperature of 111 degrees and beats its wings more than 75 times a second. Its newborn are the size of bumblebees and its nest is the size of a walnut. The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backward.
As people get older, their ability to hear high-pitched sounds diminishes. The ability to taste sweet foods also decreases with age.
Type O is the most common blood type in the world. Type AB is the rarest.
