* A kind of jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula) upon reaching adulthood can transform itself back to childhood by converting its cells. It may repeat this to live forever.
* A large woodpecker can peck as fast as 20 times a second and up to 12,000 times a day.
* A lobster has a sense of smell about 1000 times keener than a human.
* A molecule of water will stay in Earth's atmosphere for an average duration of 10-12 years.
* A single bacteria cell, given all the food it needs, could divide into a ball of cells the size of the earth in 24 hours.
* About half the communications between nations are via underwater cables.
* After mating, the female black widow spider turns on her partner and devours him. The female may dispatch as many as 25 suitors a day in this manner.
* American Roy Sullivan has been struck by lightening a record seven times.
* An alligator may go through 2000 - 3000 teeth in a lifetime.
* An ant can survive for up to 2 weeks underwater..
* A large woodpecker can peck as fast as 20 times a second and up to 12,000 times a day.
* A lobster has a sense of smell about 1000 times keener than a human.
* A molecule of water will stay in Earth's atmosphere for an average duration of 10-12 years.
* A single bacteria cell, given all the food it needs, could divide into a ball of cells the size of the earth in 24 hours.
* About half the communications between nations are via underwater cables.
* After mating, the female black widow spider turns on her partner and devours him. The female may dispatch as many as 25 suitors a day in this manner.
* American Roy Sullivan has been struck by lightening a record seven times.
* An alligator may go through 2000 - 3000 teeth in a lifetime.
* An ant can survive for up to 2 weeks underwater..
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