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Some Interesting Facts...

      All the planets in our solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

      Hummingbirds are the only animal that can also fly backwards.

      The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

       The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".

      The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".

       The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

      The whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

      A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.

      'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.

      It is impossible to lick your elbow. [We know you gonna try this !!!]

      A snail can sleep for 3 years. [wow, lucky chap eh?]

      The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start.

      In 1883 the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa put so much dust into the earth's atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue around the world for almost two years.

       "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

      Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold since there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

      Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field.

                                                                                                      Collected by : Meryem.