A Fact for Every Day of the Year (National Geographic Kids)

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Cubs start learning to hunt when they are around one year old but typically stay with their pride until they are about two or three years old. This is due to the high demand of their scales and meat in Asian cultures. 70% of Chinese citizens believe pangolin products have medicinal value, when its been scientifically proven to be false. With about one billion people or 15 percent of the world’s population Africa is the second most populous continent.

However, there might be even older. Adwaita, an Aldabra giant tortoise, died at an estimated age of 255 in March 2006 in Alipore Zoo, Kolkata, India. If verified, it will have been the oldest terrestrial animal in the world. 12 22. The fastest land animal on the planet is a cheetah. It can reach speeds of up to 75 mph (120 kph). You might think that stars are all the same, but each star is a different colour depending on its temperature. While the mortality rate for cancer ten years ago was 215 deaths per 100,000 people, it has subsequently decreased to 172. Schorr GS, Falcone EA, Moretti DJ, Andrews RD. First long-term behavioral records from Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) reveal record-breaking dives. PLoS One. 2014;9(3). doi:10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0092633 This relatively newly discovered monkey lives in the Congo. The lesula eyes are very distinctive because of their human-like appearance, as are their bright blue bums.

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At the age of five years and eleven months, Ayan Qureshi passed the “Microsoft Certified Professional Test”, making him the youngest computer specialist in the world. Behind Lincoln’s face in Mount Rushmore, there is a secret chamber where memorabilia of the most important historical events in the USA are kept. The room is not accessible to tourists. Scientists have demonstrated that cats have the same brain patterns as humans have during sleep. It is therefore assumed that cats can dream. A study in the 90’s in the Serengeti found that 95% of cheetah cubs died before reaching adulthood. Many deaths were due to Lions, but also other predators and disease. 48. A tigers rear legs are so powerful, that they have been found remaining to stand even after death.

Barney Stinson from “How I met your Mother” is the real inventor of the “Bro-Code”. Based on Google search analytics the term hadn’t existed before 2008. Although Rwanda is listed as #46 least developed country in the world it has a better gender equality than the USA. American school buses are yellow because a study from the 1930s showed that people can perceive the color yellow from a very long distance and therefore the risk of the school buses being involved in accidents decreases.Queen Elizabeth uses her handbag to send secret signals to her employees. Changing the bag from one hand to the other, for example, constitutes a request to end the current conversation. About 99,99999999999% of an atom is “nothing”. If one would eliminate the empty space of all atoms from the entire human race, the remaining mass would fit in a coffee mug. At least 50 percent of the oxygen in our atmosphere is produced by phytoplankton in the oceans and not by land plants. Due to the rising sea temperatures, however, the phytoplankton population continues to decline. The majority of mammals are not monogamous, making humans unusual. 83. Gorilla’s have been seen dismantling traps set by poachers.