Of all the animals, lynx has the sharpest hearing. In the deepest of sleep, they can hear the slightest sound coming from afar. This beast hears so well thanks to its “tufts” on the top of its ears that serves as a kind of antenna.
Every second the Earth is struck about hundred times by lightning, while four times more lightnings flash in the sky. Lightning can be anywhere from 60 meters to 30 kilometers long.
Just like people prefer to use their right or the left hand, octopuses also preferred one of their tentacles, and use it more frequently.
Every year in Great Britain, from the effects of smoking, more than 100.000 people die. That is seven times more than in traffic accidents.
In Denmark there is a special military unit that uses dog sleds for official transport.
Dragonfly's eyes can spot its prey from a distance of 40 meters.
