* Proverbs: Proverbs 28-07-11

* Proverbs: Proverbs 28-07-11: ". 'The clothes hide the blemish' Yiddish Proverb 'A little help is better than a lot of pity' Celtic Proverb 'Broken eggs can never ..."

What animals move slower than humans? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

Well, there are a few. The elephant, when charging, only runs about 25 mph. Other slow-pokes: squirrel (12 mph), domestic pig (11 mph), chicken (9 mph), giant tortoise (0.17 mph), three-toed sloth (0.15 mph), and garden snail (0.03 mph).

What animals move slower than humans? - Trivia « ArcaMax Publishing

* Trivia and Amazing Facts: Trivia & Amazing Facts 15-07-11

* Trivia and Amazing Facts: Trivia & Amazing Facts 15-07-11

• Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

• WHEN WAS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT LAST SEEN? The wooden chest that contained God's laws as presented to Moses was taken on its last trip to Jerusalem by King David. Eventually King Solomon put it in the Temple. It disappeared when the Temple was destroyed in 586 B.C.

• In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.

• The entire life of a House Fly is spent within a few hundred feet of the area where it was born.

• The Toronto Maple Leafs used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks and finally the Maple Leafs.

10 Interesting Space Shuttle Facts

Posted by Natasha Paracha on July 8, 2011

1) Space Shuttles are the only vehicles to take human into space.

2) During the time in orbit, the space shuttle travels circles around the Earth at about 17,500 mile speed which means 28, 000 kilometers per hour, which enables the crew to see sunrise or sunset each 40 minutes.

3) A Space Shuttle and its boosters are the same height of Statue of Liberty but weigh nearly three times of it.

4) The astronauts’ food consists of peanut butter, fruits, vegetables nuts, chicken, beef, and spaghetti. As the things fly away in space, the foodstuff for astronauts is kept in some kind of packages which prevents the food from flying.

5) Space Shuttles suffered two disastrous accidents that killed 14 astronauts and 2 orbiters.

6) NASA assured that there would be 50 flights a year but couldn’t make it and was only able to manage nine flights a year, each of them costing almost $1.45 billion.

7) The Space Shuttle’s main engine has a weight of about one-seventh as of a train engine but has a horsepower of as much as 39 train engines.

8) During its 10th flight, Challenger broke right after its launch, in which all of the crew members died. One of crew member who died in this flight was a teacher , who volunteered to be part of this flight and was selected from over 1000 applicants for the new Teacher In Space Program.

9) The speed of a space shuttle is 17,500 mph.

10) Columbia stayed for 17 days in space, the longest stay in history in 1996 and was destroyed in 2003 during its twenty-eighth flight.

10 Interesting Space Shuttle Facts

Alphabetical List of Facts About Animals & Wildlife Trivia | Global Animal

(ABOUT ANIMALS) We all know cats land on their feet and dogs wag their tails when happy. But do you know which animal has hairy eyes or what to call a pre-pubescent eel? Here’s a list of odd animal facts — from Aardvark to Zebra — and other creatures in between, courtesy of the wild and wonderful animal kingdom. Test your wildlife trivia here and tell us how many you knew. Or share other animals facts of your own in the comments section below. — Bianca Caraza, Global Animal

A is for aardvark

Fewer than 12 aardvarks are born in captivity in North America each year.

B is for blue whale

The blue whale is the loudest animal on earth.

C is for crocodile

Despite their powerful tails and fierce bites, crocodiles cannot stick out their tongues—the appendages are stuck to the inside of their mouths.

D is for dalmatian

Remembered best for a certain Disney film, dalmatians are the only breed of dog that suffers from gout.

E is for eel

An eel, before it reaches sexual maturity, is called an elver. Elvers were once a staple in coastal dweller’s diets. Yummy.

F is for flamingo

A flamingo can’t eat properly unless its head is upside down.

G is for goat

Goats have rectangular pupils. This helps them to spot predators over wide, flat grazing lands.

H is for honeybee

Honeybees have tiny hairs on their eyes to help them collect pollen.

I is for impala

The impala, a small antelope, is capable of jumping 10 feet in the air when threatened.

Named for its miraculous abilities, the Amazon’s ‘Jesus Christ lizard’ can run over water.

J is for Jesus Christ lizard

K is for kiwi bird

The kiwi bird, native to New Zealand, lays eggs up to half its own weight.

L is for lionfish

The spiny and colorful lionfish is covered in as many as 18 needle-like fins that inject poison. While seemingly dangerous, the toxins nauseate humans, but rarely prove fatal.

M is for mudpuppy

The African mudpuppy, or waterdog, is a type of salamander so named for emitting a high-pitched squeaking sound reminiscent of a dog’s bark.

N is for nurse shark

Though the origin of their name is unclear, nurse sharks are nocturnal bottom dwellers that rest daily in large piles of up to forty sharks.

O is for ostrich

The feathery flightless ostrich’s muscular legs are powerful enough to kill man and lion alike.

P is for polar bear

All polar bears are left-handed, or rather, left-pawed.

Q is for queen angelfish

Young queen angelfish sometimes groom other fish and remove unwanted parasites, an honor not usually offered to royalty.

R is for rhesus monkey

The rhesus monkey holds the historic distinction of making it into space before Mr. Armstrong ever walked on the moon.

S is for sloth bear

The shaggy, nocturnal sloth bear feeds itself by sucking ants through a gap in its front teeth.

T is for tarantula

Despite fearsome looks, the tarantula is actually harmless to humans with a venom weaker than that of a bee’s sting.

U is for unicorn

The narwhal is known as the “unicorn of the sea” due to an eight-foot tooth that sticks out like a horn.

V is for vulture

Vultures are rarely a humorous sight, but most find it chuckle-worthy that some particularly gluttonous vultures eat so much they become too heavy to fly.

W is for wildebeest

Wildebeest calves learn to walk minutes after being born and can keep up with their heard by one-week old.

X is for Xiphactinus Audux

Y is for Yorkshire terrier

The 17-foot Xiphactinus Audux was an enormous spiny fish that haunted the Late Cretaceous with an upturned jaw and massive teeth that made it resemble a bulldog.

The Yorkshire terrier, a favorite breed of dog named for Yorkshire, England, were originally put to work hunting rats in factories.

Z is for Zebra

No two zebras have the same stripes.

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http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/facts/

http://www.buildingblocksplaygroup.com/blog/strange-animal-facts/

http://www.hammieland.com/animal.htm

http://www.peoplepets.com/news/cute/cute-photo-baby-aardvark-nurses-a-drink/1

http://www.thatsweird.net/facts6.shtml

http://www.thejunglestore.com/Eels

Alphabetical List of Facts About Animals & Wildlife Trivia | Global Animal