Polar bears are nearly undetectable by infrared cameras
It takes 8 minutes, 19 seconds for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth
Venus is the only planet to spin clockwise
An individual blood cell takes about 20 to 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body
Humans are the only species known to blush
There are a million virus particles per millilitre of seawater
A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes
There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body
The African Elephant gestates for 22 months
Sharks kill fewer than 10 people per year. Humans kill about 100 million sharks per year
Azara’s owl monkeys are more monogamous than humans
Around 5-8% of your DNA isn’t human – it’s viral DNA
We share 96% of our DNA with primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing in 1969 that to the pyramid’s construction
There are more living organisms on the skin of each human than there are humans on the surface of the earth
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