Amazing Facts

[wongeye]

Soil holds around 0.01% of all water on Earth.

[Danny Boy]

The ear drum that we use to hear with is only 0.7 inches wide.
The most amazing fact would be that it moves at less than a billionth of an inch to allow you to hear.

[Gambling Man]

We have all heard that donkeys are stubborn and that means the will not do anything that it thinks will be unsafe.

[Spider]

The muscles in your eyes to control them are more active than any other muscle in your body.

[Dumbo]

A gopher can eat up to 60% of its own body weight every day

[thingamajig]

We all understand that oranges are high in vitamin c but did you know that just eight strawberries have more than a medium sized one

[Mawsey]

One day in 1930 the BBC announced "there is no news" and then continued with piano music for the rest of the day

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/n ... /1930s.stm

[Mawsey]

We think of the Earth having only one Moon, which is correct but there are other satellite objects orbiting the Earth that are not man-made.
Many are the size of a washing machine or a football but they do exist.
Many are captured by Earth's gravity and can stay for a while before being flung back into outer space again.