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^4 The  section  of  TOTALLY  AMOS which is TOTALLY dedicated to things
^4which are nothing to do with AMOS!

^2                            Did you know?

^1 When penguins moult they lose so much weight that they are no longer
^1heavy  enough  to  dive  for food.  To solve the problem they swallow
^1pebbles to act as ballast.

^2 The  reason  that  houseflies walk all over your food is so they can
^2taste it.  Their taste-buds are on their feet.

^4 A bumble bee beats its wings 200 times a second.

^5 The tongue of a blue whale is the size of a fully grown elephant.

^6 If  you  laid  out every vein, artery and other tiny blood vessel in
^6your  body end to end, you would make a loop that stretched more than
^6twice around the world.

^7 A  spider's  web  when  applied to a bleeding cut or wound helps the
^7blood to clot.

^1 Dragonflies  can zip along at around 19 mph in short bursts, whereas
^1full  speed  for  a  housefly  is  just  4mph and a mosquito can only
^1struggle up to 2mph.

^2 George  Washington,  the  first  President  of  the  USA,  carried a
^2portable sundial to tell him the time.

^4 Spaghetti originally came from China, not Italy.

^5 There are about 100,000 bacteria in 1 litre of drinking water.

^6 There are about 1,000,000 bacteria in 1 litre of town air.
 
^7 Australian earthworms can grow up to 3 metres long.

^1 The Forth Railway Bridge is a metre longer in the summer than in the
^1winter.

^2 A peregrine falcon can spot a pigeon at a distance of 5 miles.

^4 A  bristlecone  pine  tree in California has been found to be nearly
^45,000 years old.

^5 Leonardo  da Vinci could draw with one hand and write with the other
^5at the same time.

^6 The poison cyanide is present, in very small amounts, in apple pips.

^7 The  pyramids  in  Egypt  are now 4km (2.5 miles) further south than
^7they were when they were built due to the movement of the Earth's
^7crust.


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