1- The Giraffe can clean its ears with her tongue, which reach its length of 140 centimeters.

2- The first train speed in history was no more than 8 kilometers per hour.

3- The ancient Egyptians were the first to have established a fleet of war and that was organized in the year 2300 BC.

4- The owl is the only bird that can distinguish blue color.

5- There is a city bearing the name «Rome» in every continent of the world.

6- The seahorse is the only male animal that has to be pregnant and give birth.

7- The Phoenicians were the first to have used the sail to direct the path sailing ships and boats.

8- The mouth produces about a liter of saliva a day.

9- The children of "the Burundian Wa toses's" tribe are the taller in the world with an average length of an individual about two meters.

10- During the past five centuries, particularly since the year 1495 did not go through a period of 20 years without war between competing nations.

11- The hot water freezes faster than the cold water when you put it in the freezer.

12- The famous painter Picasso could draw before learning to walk.

13- It was said that a Chinese emperor discovered the tea, by chance in 2737 BC, and that's when some of the tea plant leaves fell into a pot was full of hot water.

14- Before 1913 passenger planes were not equipped with toilets, and the air travelers had to «adjust themselves» until landing.

15- There are in the world about 0.6 thousands kind of reptiles and 73 000 species of spiders and 3000 type of lice and 4600 species of mammals and 9 thousand species of birds.

16- Elephants cry when they are sad, elephants are sensitive and emotional object, cries when they grieve.

 

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  • Yes Eva, you're right. Elephants are very sensitive and very intelligent and have a strong memory, don't forget the abuse. Thank you for your comment.

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