Vampire Society : The world's oldest active vampire Society is Count Dracula Fan Club' In N.Y

Century Old Bicycle: A century old bicycle was autioned for a record of 105,750 pounds.

World's Strongest Man: A 51 year old American has been billed as the world's strongest man. Mr.Wooten moved a 16,000 tonne ship which was 21 metres. He moved the vessel for about 40 minutes.

Longest Single Banner: The South Indian Education Society made a banner 8.5 km long for the celebration of India's Independence.

Costly Wrist watch: Piaget Company had launched a wrist watch costing Rs 30 million called 'Kanthara'.

Tallest Hot Air Balloon: A giant hot air balloon called Bibendum was flown in Bangkok which was 50 metres high.

Record Visitors: A record 3.26 million people visited the Rocky mountain National Park in 1998.

Rat Killer King: Farmer Nguyen Huu Van killed 30,000 rats in 17 days

Pop Goes Corn: The first popcorn machine was invented by Charlie Crecors in 1885

Highest Village: Kaumik, situated it 15,500 feet in Lahaut Spiti, is the highest village connected by road.

Costly Poster: A film poster for the classic 1942 film Casablanca fetched a record 78,800 pounds.

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The blindworm is also called the slowworm and the deaf adder - yet it is not blind or deaf nor an adder. It is a legless lizard

Grasshoppers have white blood.

Steel wool burn faster than sheep's wool

The sea Urchin walks on the tip of its teeth

Homer and Socrates, the 2 greatest writers of all time, never wrote a single line. Neither of them could read nor write. Their entire output was committed to memory.

A caterpillar has nearly 4 times as many muscles as a man - The caterpillar has 2,000 and man has 510

The largest brain in the animal kingdom is possessed by an Ant (in proportion to its size)

In Tokyo, Japan delivery boys ride through busy streets on bicycle balancing with one hand 20 or more boxed orders of noodles.

King Charles VIII, obsessed by fear of being poisoned, ate so little that he died of malnutrition.

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Sea horse: Males carry eggs into its pouch for hatching

Shark: Automatically attack on the scent of blood

King Crab: Has four legs

Green Turtle: Good sense of sight, taste and touch but poor hearing

Sword Fish: Upper jaw in the shape of a sword. Fastest swimmer 95km/hr

Star Fish: Mouth underside of the disc

Dolphin: Can understand human words and respond

Ostrich: Largest and flightless. Weighs 1.5 kg. Eats stones and iron peaces

Crane: Assemble in a big circle and dance to loud blaring sounds.

Flamingo: Bills have filters to strain muddy water

Cassowary: Flightless speed 30 miles/hour; Its dagger like claw in the toe can kill a man.

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The human brain uses the same amount of power as 10 - watt electric bulb

The human stomach can hold 1 to 1.5 litres of water

Most people can distinguish 10,000 different smells

A spider can spin 150 yards of silk in an hour and a quarter

Prawn can walk, but can only swim backwards

The silk worm moth has 11 brains.

In Germany black eye is called a blue eye

Sparrows feed their young ones about 300 times a day

Tomatoes were originally called Love apples.

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Many students are under the impressions that if they are poor at mathematics they will never make good scientists! However Michael Faradey, one of the world's greatest scientists, was very poor at Mathematics

Fortunately he was very inquisitive and had a good imagination. His curiousity led him to study electricity and to visualize how it works. In 1821, he built the first electronic generator. He then went on to study how electricity affects chemicals.

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The song Happy Birthday to you is the world's most popular song. It is sung in almost every country.

Yucatan is a place in Mexico. When the Spanish explorers arrived there they asked what the place was called. The Indians did not understand Spanish and replied "Yucatan" which means "What do you want?"

An Adult man makes about 1.5 litres of spit every 24 hours. Saliva contains an antiseptic that kills germs.

The largest buses are in the Middle East. They are 23 km (75ft) long, more than twice in length of a London bus and hold 187 people.

A group of kangaroo is called MOB

A group of frogs is called ARMY

A group of ravens is called MURDER

A group of rhino is called CRASH

A group of owls is called PARLIAMENT