Expansion of a crocodile jaw causes secretion of the lacrimal (tear) gland, and that is how the belief was created that the crocodile was mourning his victim.
The Syrian city of Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. It reached its peak 2000 years before Rome was founded in 753 BC.
The first ancestor of today’s horse lived 50 million years ago. It was 30 cm long and 25 cm high. It had on its front legs four fingers and on his hind legs three fingers.
The average mosquito has 47 teeth.
In the middle ages, nutmeg was the most expensive spice. Not because of the taste and smell, but because of the belief that it protected against the plague.
People who spend the most time in front of television sets are Japanese. They spend on average 9 hours in front of the TV.
