Nov. 17, 2009 12:00 p.m.
* Sound travels about four times faster in water than in air.
* The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J.”
* Velcro was invented by a Swiss Man who was inspired by the way burrs attached to clothing.
* Knowledge is growing so fast that 90 percent of what we will know in fifty years time, will be discovered in those fifty years.
* The United States consumes 25 percent of all the world’s energy.
* Cats have over 100 vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
* Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
* Sea otters have 2 coats of fur.
* The leg muscles of a locust are about 1000 times more powerful than an equal weight of human muscle.
* Armadillos, possums and sloth’s spend about 80 percent of their lives sleeping.
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