More and More Unique Facts Around Us

A giraffe's neck contains the same number of the bones as a human neck: seven.

The deepest known place on earth is 35,827 feet (10.92 kilometers) below the ocean's surface.


A baby eel is called an "elver"; a baby oyster is called a "spat".

Before 1660, most clocks were made with only one hand-the hour hand.

Crickets hear  through "ears" located on their front legs, just below the knee.

The Great Wall of China was built by hand and is 5,500 miles (8,851.8 kilometers) long!

The "pound" symbol (#) is technically known as an "octothorpe".

The pretzel is believed to have been created by a monk in southern France in 610 A.D.

On average, fire ants will sleep for one minute at a time.

The opposite sides of cube dice always add up to seven.

The dot over an "i" is called a "tittle".

Yellowstone became the world's first national park in 1872.

An ostrich's eye is the largest of any land animal.

The average raindrop falls at 14.5 mph (23.33 km/h).

"Poecilonym" is a synonym for the word "synonym"