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In Central America, a scientist caught over 500 different
species of insects by sweeping a net through the air fewer
than 2000 times.
1142/ Peru
has the greatest bio-diversity and density of birds with 1780
species representing 18.5% of all bird species on Earth.
1143/ The Amazon
Jungle provides about 15% of the Earths new oxygen.
1144/ Among the world's
200 nations, just 17 are home to 70% of all of the biodiversity,
the natural riches of the planet. Of these 17 mega-diverse
countries, 7 are in the Western Hemisphere and 5 are in South
America.
1145/ The common Black
Ants and Wood
Ants have no sting, but they can squirt a spray of formic
acid. Some birds put ants in their feathers because the ants
squirt formic acid which gets rid of the parasites.
1146/ Upper and lower
case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower', because in the
time when all original print had to be set in individual letters,
the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of
the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
1147/ Mercury and Venus
are the only two planets in our solar system that have no
moons.
1148/ The Sun makes up
99.9% of the mass of our Solar System.
1149/ Cows
were very important to the early Irish economy, and in the
middle ages one milk cow was equivalent in value to one ounce
of silver.
1150/ Legend suggests
that Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the potato to Ireland in
the late 1580's. It came from Virginia and he planted it on
his estate lands in Munster.
1151/ Roy J. Plunkett
of New Carlisle, Ohio invented Teflon in 1938.
1152/ An average human
ejaculate contains about 180 million sperm (66 million/ml),
but some ejaculates contain as many as 400 million sperm.
Both quantity and quality of the sperm are important determinants
of fertility. A man is considered clinically infertile if
his sperm concentration falls below 20 million/ml semen. (Just
remember though- it only takes ONE to make a baby)
1153/ The Official US
Weight classes for eggs in minimum ounces per dozen are as
follows - Peewee 15 - Small 18 - Medium 21 - Large 24 - Extra
Large 27 - Jumbo 30.
1154/ If a hawk finishes
a meal with their crop bulging, it may not hunt again for
a day or two. The crop is a pouch halfway between the mouth
and the stomach, where food is stored and gradually released
to the stomach. The crop maintains the steady flow of food
needed to sustain these big birds.
1155/ The sun’s
reflective powers are great - 17 percent on sand and 80 percent
on snow. Even on a cloudy day, 80 percent of the sun’s
ultraviolet rays pass through the clouds; so you need sunscreen
even when it is overcast.
1156/ Great White Sharks
can go as long as three months without eating.
1157/ Scrolls from 1000
B.C. were uncovered in China that mentioned white cabbage
as a cure for baldness in men.
1158/ A chemical (isothiocyanates)
found in cabbages
may lower the risk of lung cancer in smokers by as much as
38%.
1159/ The grapefruit
got its name from the way it grows in clusters (like grapes)
on the tree.
1160/ The longest throw
of a fresh
egg - without breaking it - is 98.51 metres. The record
was achieved in Texas, USA in 1978.
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