Author: Amazing Facts 4 U
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Tarantula
As the world’s largest spiders, tarantulas are both feared and beloved. There are approximately 900 species of tarantula…
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Grasshopper
The grasshopper is an insect that belongs to the order Orthoptera. There are about 11000 different types of…
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Heart
The average adult heart beats 72 times a minute; 100,000 times a day; 3.6 million times a year;…
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Seahorse
There are about 40 known species of seahorses. Seahorses are masters of disguise. They swim upright and avoid…
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Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda is a spiral galaxy that is located at a distance of 2.5 million light-years from our…
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Dam
A dam is a barrier designed and constructed to contain the flow of water. Dams are built for…
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Tsunami
A tsunami is usually caused by an earthquake but can also be caused by a volcanic eruption, landslide,…
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Autism
Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), a Swiss psychiatrist, first termed “autism” but applied it to adult schizophrenia. In 1943, the…
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Memory
A piece of brain tissue the size of a grain of sand amazingly contains 100,000 neurons and 1…