Classmate Facts # 38 - 500 KGS OF FOOD!!

1. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand in the desert!

2. A day on the planet mercury is twice as long as its year!

3. The largest bone is the pelvis, or hipbone. In fact it is made of 6 bones joined firmly together.

4. We eat about 500 kg of food per year.

5. An octopus has three hearts!

6. During his entire lifetime, Herman Melville's timeless classic of the sea, 'Moby Dick' only sold 50 copies.