Did You Know?

A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute. Its heart makes up 2.5% of the creature's total body weight.

Baby sharks are called pups.

Frequent knuckle cracking can; however, annoy those around you, damage your ligaments, and reduce your grip strength.

Although the Harry Potter author writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, Joanne Rowling actually has no middle name. The second initial of her pen name is her grandmother's first name, Kathleen.

The whole watermelon is edible, even the rind. In many countries, watermelon rind is stir-fried, stewed, and often pickled.


The length of one day (one rotation around its axis) on Mars is 24.7 hours. That is, a day on Mars takes about 1.03 times as long as a day on Earth.

The US President and the first lady had their first date at the movies. The headliner was Do the Right Thing, directed by Spike Lee. 

Some countries require organizations to give their employees vacation leave

 

 

A Dutch artist turned his dead Ostrich into a helicopter. He calls it the OstrichCopter.
This is the same guy who had turned his dead cat into a helicopter few months back.