Amazing Facts

I was just reading a book and came across some amazing facts. I hope that these facts will realy keep you amazed and surprised!!

AMAZINGS FACTS

A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off!

The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa!

Since there is no wind or water on the moon, the astronauts’ footprints will still be seen in the next 10 million years.

The Great Wall of China and the Kansai Airport of Japan are the only two man-made structures that can be seen from the outer space.

The cornea of the eyes is the only part of our body, which has no blood supply.

Earthworms have 5 pairs of heart close to the front of their bodies.

The oldest living thing on earth is 12,000 years old. They are the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.

A crocodile can't move its tongue and cannot chew, but its digestive juices are so strong that it can digest a steel nail.

Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces are enough to kill a small dog.

Camels have three pairs of eye-lids to prevent the sand of the desert, entering its eyes.

- Aishani Shah