Females of the Awa tribe in Brazilian jungle breast feed orphaned monkeys found in the jungle. Once big enough, they are released in the wild.
Elephant trunks contain more than 40,000 muscles. They are strong enough to lift more than 700 lbs, yet precise enough to draw a painting using an artist's brush.
Bruce Campbell a former electrical engineer at Boeing retired in a used Boeing 727. He believes "Jetliners can, and should, be transformed into wonderful homes."
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The worlds biggest spider, the Goliath bird eater can grow as big as 4.7 inches (12 cm), and weigh 6.2oz (175g). They have been spotted eating snakes, rodents and even small birds.
Research has shown that frequently cracking your knuckles increases your chance of hand swelling and lowered grip strength.
Geese have been successfully used to replace guard dogs at a Scotland scotch winery. Their loud cackles let the security guards know when somebody is approaching.
As of 2014, Chicago O'Hare airport is the busiest airport in the world, managing to juggle more than 1,780 aircraft per day.
Lions have loudest roar of any cat, which can be heard up to five miles away. They are the only big cat to live in large groups.
Historically, people in Europe used frogs to predict rain or bad weather. The European Tree Frog is an example of a primitive living barometer. The frog starts croaking when the air pressure changes.
There is a town in Canada called Dildo. It won the 2001 Harrowsmith Magazine Award as one of the ten prettiest small towns in Canada.
Between 30,000 and 40,000 skin cells fall off you every minute as new cells grow and take their place. Your outer skin layer will be completely replaced by new cells in one to two months.
Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime. It sold for what would be now about $1,000 US dollars. By comparison, in 1990 one of his paintings sold for $82.5 million US dollars.
Oulu, Finland is home to the Air Guitar World Championship in which participants are judged on how well they fake playing the guitar, without actually holding a guitar in their hand.
The drawf planet Pluto was named by the suggestion of an 11 year old, Venetia Burney from Oxford England. Her suggestion was voted on unanimously by the observatory that discovered the dwarf planet.
The South American Pudu deer is the smallest deer in the world. It measures 60 to 80 cm (23-31 inches) long. It's the only deer that can climb the trees.
The smallest bone in the human body is found in the middle ear. It is called the staples bone, and it measures 2.8 millimeters long.
