Classmate Facts # 35 - Twisted Tongues

1. All the coal, oil, gas and wood on Earth would only keep the sun burning for a few days.

2. There is a flower called the Scarlet Pimpernal that can forecast the weather. If the flower is closed up, rain is coming and if it is opened up, the day will be sunny.

3. The "Sixth Sick Sheikh's Sixth Sheep's Sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English Language.

4. Your skin weighs about 3.2 kg.

5. The telescope on Mount Palomar, California, can see a distance of 7,038,835,200,000,000,000,000 miles.

6. The smallest bone is the "Stirrup", deep in the ear. It is hardly larger than a grain of rice.