FACTS TO KNOW

• The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.
• A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
• "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
• Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.
• The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".
• A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.
• The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is copyrightable.
• Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.
• Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.
• It is impossible to lick your elbow.
• All the planets in the solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
• Names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).
• A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
• India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
• Sanskrit is the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise and therefore suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine.
• India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
• Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
• Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold; there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.