1. Humans have 46 cromosomes , peas have 14 and crayfish have 200. 2.

If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation 3. If you go blind in one eye, you'll only lose about one-fifth of your vision ( but all your depth perception.) 4. The body's largest internal organ is the small intestine at an average length of 20 feet 5. The largest cell in the human body is the female ovum, or egg cell. It is abo ut 1/180 inch in diameter. The smallest cell in human body is the male sperm. It takes about 175,000 sperm cells to weigh as much as a single egg cell. 6. The longest muscle in the human body is the Sartorius. 7. A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is in tense heat. 8. In 1957, the Shipping port Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first nu clear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went on line 9. Natural gas has no odour. The smell is added artificially so that leaks can b e detected. 10.Prussic acid, in a crystalline powder called Zyklon B, was used to kill in Ge rmany's gas chambers. The gas would paralyze the victim's lungs, causing them to suffocate. 11.The double-helix structure of DNA was discovered in 1953 by James Watson and Francis Crick 12.Argon is used to fill the space in most light bulbs. Neon is used in fluoresc ent signs. Fluorescent lights are filled with mercury gas 13.The tallest waterfalls in the world are Angel Falls in Venezuela. At 979 m (3 ,212 ft), they are 19 times taller than the Niagara Falls, or 3 times taller tha n the Empire State Building. 14.There are 1040 islands around Britain, one of which is the smallest island in the world: Bishop's Rock 15.Earth is the densest planet in the solar system and the only one not named af ter a god. 16.The deepest point in the sea: the Mariana Trench off Guam in the Pacific Ocea n; it is 10,9 km (6.77 miles) below sea level. 17. Unlike most fish sharks have no bones. 18. It is now believed that Dinosaures became extints because of meteorite impac t. 19.Charles Darvwin began developing his theory of evolution while voyaging on a ship called The Beagle and he observed in the Galapagos isands. 20. The platypus and the Echidna are the oly mammalsthat lay eggs. and these are true mammles but have some reptiles like features. 21.The world's largest Heritage Area is The Great Barrier Reef(Australiya). 22.The only European colonial power still to control part of mainland South Amer ica( French Guiana) is France. 23.The world is devided into seven continents which are in decreasing are Asia,A frica,North America, South America,Antarctica,Europe and Austrila. The geographical divide between Europe and Asia is Ural Mountains the Caspian Sea,and the Black Sea. Turkey is the in b oth cotinet with the dividing line being the Bosphorus Strait. 24. Mere Embrium( the" Sea of Rains", or Sea of Showers") is the largest of the darkplains found on the Moon.

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