Facts

  1. The planet Saturn has a density lower than that of water. So, if you could throw it in the ocean, it would actually float!
  2. A blue whale’s tongue is as heavy as an adult elephant.
  3. Canada has an official phone number – It’s 1(800) O-CANADA.
  4. If you put your earphones against your nostrils and open your mouth, it makes a loudspeaker.
  5. Your brain has the potential to remember everything you have ever experienced, read, heard or seen. You might not recall everything but its certainly in there somewhere.
  6. It costs 1.7 billion to produce a spaceship and $450 million to actually launch it.
  7. It is possible to see a rainbow as a complete circle from an airplane.
  8. Each page printed from a printer has invisible serial numbers on it to trace where the papers were printed (so be careful!).
  9. The Mysterious Blanket Octopus: The blanket octopus is perhaps the only creature on earth aside from man that truly appreciates a sense of drama. For example, most animals use things like poisons, sprays or smells as defensive mechanisms toward off attackers. Not the blanket octopus. The blanket octopus instead uses its giant, built-in flowing cloak to dissuade potential predators by essentially convincing them that it’s the ocean’s Batman.
  10. Captain – The dog: For the past 6 years, a German shepherd called Capitán has slept next to the grave of his owner every night at 6pm. His owner, Miguel Guzmán died in 2006. Capitán, the dog, disappeared while the family attended the fueral services. A week later reatives of Guzmán were visiting the cemetery when they were astounded to find the dog next to the owner’s grave.The cemetery director says that the dog comes around each night at 6pm, and has done so for the past 6 years!

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