The aorta, the largest artery in the body is almost the diameter of a garden hose. Capillaries on the other hand are so small that it takes ten of them to equal the thickness of a human hair.
The surface area of our lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
Surgeons who listen to music during operations perform better than those who don't.
We are more vulnerable to champagne bottle's cork than to a poisonous spider.
Roosters would not be able to crow if they cannot extend their necks.
A crocodile's skin is made up of bony scales, which are very tough, almost bullet proof.
While training a snake, the snake charmer does not use a flute. Instead, he uses a large gourd with several bamboo stems attached to it.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, situated in Morrison Colorado, is a natural amphitheatre created not by man, but by the shifting of the earth.
Our stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.
The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world, built between the Dras and Suru in Ladakh by the Indian army in 1982.
