Further Exploration of the Factorium

Friday, September 24, 2010

Classmate Facts # 24 - Get This!

1. The maximum number of solar eclipses (Partial, Annual and Total) is 5 per year.

2. The lighthouse with the most doors was an old roman lighthouse known as the Tour D'Orde and built at Boulogne in France - it had 96!

3. The animal with the Largest brain in proportion to its size is the Ant!

4. Hans Christian Anderson, creator of fairy tales, was Word-Blind. He never learned to spell correctly!

5. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

6. An average person is born with 300 bones, which fuse to become 206 in adults.

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