Saturday, February 14, 2009

Hooked on Facts

Six random facts:

Turkeys tend to look in the sky up during a rainstorm. Unfortunately some have been known to drown because of this.

Crocodile babies do not have sex chromosomes; the temperature of the eggs during incubation determines the gender.

Urine is used in many countries as a laundry detergent.

Sound travels fifteen (15) faster through steel than through the air.

The Canary Islands were not named after a bird called the canary. They were named after a breed of dog.

Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world (in cities that is).

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Bonus Fact: Anteaters prefer termites to ants.

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