Monday, December 21, 2009

did you know...



  • mammals are the only animals with flaps aruond their ears

  • a house fly lives only 14 days

  • a dog was the frst in space and a sheep , a duck and a rooster were the first to fly in a hot air baloon

  • an ostrich can run up to 43 miles per hour

  • chihuahua means tiny dog in the sky

  • 75% of wild birds die before they turn 6 months old

  • the pig is rated the foruth most intellegent animal but is only mentioned twice in the Bible

  • a giraffe cleans its ears with its 20 inch long tounge

  • domestic cats purr about 26 cycles per second the same frequency as an idling diesel engine

  • millions of trees are planted by squirrels who forgot where they hid their nuts

  • Ken Barbies boyfriend debuted in 1961 unfortunatly he broke up with Barbie on valentines day 2004

  • The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they begin with

  • tokyo was onces know as Edo

  • to get more fun facts visit "didyounow.org"