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Did You Know?


Welcome to did you know. A fun collection of awesome, interesting, weird and random stuff to tickle your brain. Here are 15 mind-bugling 'did you know' facts I have selected for you reading pleasure.....

 1. For scorpions to reproduce, the male deposits a capsule of sperm on the ground, then wrestles a female on top of it.

2. There's a mysterious Dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by a spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescope reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature remain unknown.

3. Its a bad idea to use a banana for scale when taking pictures of a beehive, since the alarm pheromone to alert bees to protect their hive smells like banana.

4. Craniopagus conjoined twins Krista and Tatiana can see through each other's eyes.

5. People who go to bed late are likely to be more intelligent those who go to bed early.

6. A horse's field of vision is nearly 360 degrees with only a small blind spot directly behind them.

7. The longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds.

8. Cats are one of the only animals who domesticated themselves and approached humans on their own terms.

9.  If you try to say the alphabet without moving your lips or tongue every letter will sound the same.

10. The 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English.

11. The first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON.

12. When lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit).

13. Women who play video games tend to have more sex and be happier with their relationship than those who don't. 

14. The longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles)

15. African Grey Parrots have vocabularies of over 200 words.

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