THIS IS AN SEM IMAGE OF A MAGNIFIED HAIR STRAND WITH THE EXPOSED TAILS OF FOLLICLE MITES!!
  • There are 206 bones in the adult human body and there are 300 in children (some of the bones fuse together).
  • Flea's can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6ft. person jumping 780 ft. into the air.
  • The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.
  • The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
  • The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes or stirrup bone located in the middle ear. It is approximately .11 inches (.28 cm) long.
  • There are no poisonous snakes in Maine.
  • The Stegosaurus dinosaur measured up to 30 feet (9.1 meters) long but had a brain the size of a walnut.
  • Shrimp's hearts are in their heads. Starfish don't have brains. An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain.
  • Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
  • The blue whale can produce sounds up to 188 decibels. This is the loudest sound produced by a living animal and has been detected as far away as 530 miles.
  • The temperature can be determined by counting the number of cricket chirps in fourteen seconds and adding 40.
  • It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely digest.
  • The longest living cells in the body are brain cells which can live an entire lifetime.
  • No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
  • Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
  • The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
  • Human jaw muscles can generate a force of 200 pounds (90.8 kilograms) on the molars.
  • The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.
  • The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J”.
  • When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.
  • Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man.
  • In your lifetime, you'll shed over 40 pounds of skin.
  • Humans share 60% of DNA with a banana.
  • When the queen of a clown fish school dies, a male clown fish changes its gender to become female and takes her place.
  • The Horseshoe crab has blue blood.