Rabbits are not rodents. They are lagomorphs, and are more closely related to horses than they are to rats or mice. House Rabbit Society www.rabbit.org

Owls are the only birds who can see the colour blue. Useless Facts

Owls are the only animals that can turn thier heads a full 180 degrees. National Geographic

Only two crocodiles are considered true man-eaters: the Nile and Indo-Pacific Saltwater Crocodiles. National Geographic

Termites are responsible for a lot of the world's pollution as they produce the largest amount of methane out of all animals. Guiness Book of Records 1998

Termites are affected by music. They will eat your house twice as fast if you play loud music Fun Facts

A Grandaddy Longlegs is the most poisoinous spider in the world. Its fangs are so small that it can not penetrate human skin. Discovery channel

Giraffes can not swim

Hummingbirds can't walk.

A moth has no stomach.

Lobsters have blue blood.

1 kg of lemons contain more sugar than 1 kg of strawberries.

The largest eggs in the world are laid by a shark.


The Bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an American court.

Only the male nightingale sings.


In 1977, Napoleon's penis was sold in Paris for about US $3 800 to an American urologist.

The human brain is 80% water.

The brain uses more than 25% of the oxygen used by the human body.

The nose continues to grow throughout your life.

Everyone's tongue print is different.


The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.

When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.

On 15 April 1912 the SS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500 people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson's fictional ship was the Titan.


The study of stupidity is called 'monology'.

In 1911 3 men were hung for the murder of Sir Edmund Berry at Greenbury Hill, their last names were Green, Berry , and Hill


Dublin is home of the Fairy Investigation Society

George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.