Weird Facts

Strange but True - Animals I

I) Blue whale babies weigh up to 7 tonnes at birth.

II) A female cod can lay up to 9 million eggs.

III) Snakes can see through their eyelids.

IV) Elephants spend 23 hours a day eating.

V) Vultures sometimes eat so much they can’t take off again.

VI) The Amazon ‘Jesus Christ lizard’ can run across water.

VII) The biggest Antartic inland animal is a wingless fly measuring about 60 mm long.

VIII) Fleas can jump up to 30 cm, twenty times their own body length.

IX) Bluebottle flies can smell meat from distances 7 km away.

X) Many birds migrate, but the Arctic tern travels furthest. It flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic, and back again, a trip of 32,000 kilometers.

The big foot girl

Fanny Mills was born in Sandusky, Ohio, the daughter of farmers. She had a condition called Milroy disease, which restricts development of the lymph vessels in the legs and causes fluid build-up.
She weighed 115 pounds and wore size 30 shoes, each pair made from three goat skins. Each foot was 19 inches long and 7 inches wide.
In her promotional material, her father offered $5000 and a well-stocked farm to any man willing to marry the big-footed girl.

Nudity Compulsory on Beaches

Nudism is allowed all over the French island of Ile-du-Levant, off the coast of Provence, except at the port and in the village square. A 1978 council decision makes nudism on the beach compulsory, enforced by the local dressed policeman whose job is to order some people to undress, and others to dress, depending where they may be. “I’ve never had to hand out a fine, it’s all very friendly here,” said the officer, who asked not to be identified.

Shedding skin constantly

Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour - about 1.5 pounds a year. By 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.

Most common sexual fetish

According to psychologists, the shoe and the foot are the most common sources of sexual fetishism in Western society.

Chocolate is poisonous to dogs

Chocolate can be fatal to dogs. Chocolate contains a chemical theobromine, which is poisonous to dogs.

Drinking and driving laws

In some countries, the punishment for driving under the influence (DUI) is death, but in Uruguay drinking and driving is a legal excuse for having an accident while driving.

Cow Udder - Up close and personal

Because milk is constantly being produced and is stored in the udder between milkings, it must be strong and well-attached to the cow. In high producing cows, 60 pounds of milk may be stored in the udder between milkings.

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