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A brain cell is in constant interaction with about 10,000 other cells. This network is far more complex than all the switch boards in the world.

An adult male ostrich can cover a distance of 5 to 8 m in one stride.

Records reveal that the most ideal time for a bank robbery is on Fridays, between 9 and 11 am.

As soon as an insect sits on a Pitcher plant, it gets stuck to the wax surface. The plant has chemicals that digests the insects that fall in.

One B cell can pump out more than 10 million antibody molecules in an hour.

A pigeon was awarded a medal in world war I for carrying vital messages despite the gun fire in France.

A person who weight 50 kg on Earth will weight 13,200 kg on Jupiter.

Vases containing perfume nearly 5000 years old, which still smelled sweet, have been found in the tombs of ancient Egyptians.

Catfish are the only animals that naturally have odd number of whiskers.

At lift-off, US space shuttle weighs about 4.5 million pounds.