Classmate Facts # 36 - FAST Facts!

1. The ears and nose do not have bones inside them. Their inner supports are cartilage or 'gristle', which is lighter and more flexible than bone. This is why the nose and ears can be bent.

2. Did you know that a tuna called the 'Blue Fin' tuna can be sold for over $20,000 around the world?

3. Laid end-to-end, the arteries, capillaries and veins would stretch for about 60,000 miles in the average child would be about 100,000 miles in an adult - enough to wrap around the world nearly four times!

4. A volcano can shoot its debris as high as 50 km into the sky.

5. We lose half a litre of water a day through breathing.

6. It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature whale can inflate up to 2000 balloons.