THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED

1.There is a southern version of the

Aurora Borealis called the Aurora

Australis it can be seen from Antarctica

New Zealand Argentina and Australia and

Aurora is a natural light display in

earth's sky predominantly seen in high

latitude regions around the Arctic and

Antarctic.

2. A single day on Mercury lasts up to 58

days on earth a single year lasts only

88 days on Mercury but thanks again to

its slow rotation a day lasts twice as

long that means that if you could stand

on the surface of mercury it would take

a staggering 176 Earth days for the sun

to rise set and Rise Again to the same

place in the sky just once.

3. A tarantula which is a big friendly

spider can survive up to two years

without eating any food this is due to

their exceptionally low metabolic rate

and they have the property to conserve

energy for longer duration.

4. Fraser Islands in Australia is the

world's largest island made of sand it

is the only place in the world where a

rainforest has been known to grow from

Sand.

5. A bolt of lightning is five times hotter

than the sun the surface of the Sun is

estimated to be 10 000 degrees

Fahrenheit however a lightning strike

can reach 50 000 degrees Fahrenheit.

6.Jellyfish and lobsters are biologically

Immortal they do not die of Aging

instead they have an enzyme called

telomerase which replaces their cells

and will do so as long as they live.

7. An Australian man attempted to sell New

Zealand on eBay in 2006. brisk's bidding

saw the price quickly climb from just

one Australian Cent to A3000 or 1230

pounds until eBay managers pulled the

auction from the website it is possible.

8. To get cancer of the heart but it is

very rare one study reviewed more than

twelve thousand autopsies and found only

seven people with primary cardiac tumor.

9. Iceland Imports ice cubes a lot of

capital labor goods and services between

Iceland Norway and the EU countries can

make free cross-border movement

importing ice to Iceland is tax-free

which helps to keep prices low.

10. You can't cry in space because there is

no gravity your eyes make tears but they

stick there as a liquid ball and don't

flow.

11. Cats rub against people in Furniture to

mark their territory when a cat rubs

against something they are forming an

affiliation with that person animal or

item.

12. Sharks have a very well developed sense

of hearing their ears are small holes on

the side of their head that lead

directly to the inner ear they are

particularly good at hearing low

frequency noises such as an injured fish

would make and at finding out where that

noise is coming from.

13. There are an estimated 1 million spiders

per acre of land in the tropics they are

closer to 3 million per acre.

14. Scotland has the highest percentage of

natural redheads of any country about 13

percent Scotland's DNA set about one to

two percent of the world's population

has red hair but in Scotland the figure

is much higher at around 13 percent or

about 650 000 people.

15. Contrary to popular belief washing your

hands in warm water doesn't kill any

more bacteria than washing them in cold

water this is because bacteria only die

when water is boiling.

16.People over 60 and older make up 12.3

percent of the global population

although the majority of the human

population is currently under 30 years

old there are still plenty of older

folks Among Us.