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Unusual Facts About ANTS

Who hates ants? Well, I hated ants back when I was a kid... But now, nah... They're a regular resident at our house. I've realized they arent as worthless and mean after all. I even decided to post some unusual facts about ants. Check'em out!

UNUSUAL FACTS ABOUT ANTS

An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human. Ant brains are largest amongst insects. An ant's brain may have the same processing power as a Macintosh II computer. Thousands of years ago, King Solomon wrote: "Go to the ant, consider its ways and be wise".
The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days.
Adult ants cannot chew and swallow solid food. They rely on juice which they squeeze from pieces of food.
If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.
Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight.
With their combined weight greater than the combined weight of all humans, ants are the most numerous type of animal.
The abdomen of the ant contains two stomachs. One stomach holds the food for itself and second stomach is for food to be shared with other ants. There are over 10000 known species of ants.
Some worker ants are given the job of taking the rubbish from the nest and putting it outside in a special rubbish dump.
Some birds put ants in their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid which gets rid of the parasites. The Slave-Maker Ant (Polyergus Rufescens) raids the nests of other ants and steals their pupae. When these new ants hatch,they work as slaves within the colony.
If a worker ant has found a good source for food, it leaves a trail of scent so that the other ants in the colony can find the food.
Army Ants are nomadic and they are always moving. They carry their larvae and their eggs with them in a long column.
The Army Ant (Ecitron Burchelli) of South America, can have as many as 700,000 members in its colony.
The Leaf Cutter Ants cut out pieces of leaves which they take back to their nests.
Wood ant workers live seven to ten years.
The queen ant lives up to ten or twenty years.
The wood ant can threaten the enemy with open jaws.
There are thirty-five thousand kinds of ants in the world.
Some ants sleep seven hours a day.
Ants are normally from 2 to 7 mm long, although carpenter ants can stretch to 2 cm, or almost an inch.
Some ants care for and "farm" other insects.

Source: http://www.thaibugs.com/Articles/ant%20facts.htm

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Interesting Facts About Element Tungsten

The Element Tungsten is defined as...
A hard, brittle, corrosion-resistant, gray to white metallic element extracted from wolframite, scheelite, and other minerals, having the highest melting point and lowest vapor pressure of any metal. Tungsten and its alloys are used in high-temperature structural materials; in electrical elements, notably lamp filaments; and in instruments requiring thermally compatible glass-to-metal seals.

Tungsten originates from the Swedish words 'tung sten' meaning heavy stone. It was formerly called Wolfram hence the symbol of the element "W". - Obtained from scheelite and wolframite.

Tungsten is also by far the most dense element you can buy for less than precious metal prices. It's exactly the same density as gold, but something like a hundred or more times cheaper. Lead is cheaper still, but tungsten is almost twice as dense, and in applications where size counts, tungsten is used. This includes counterweights in aircraft control surfaces, for example.

Common Uses of Tungsten
Space-age super-alloys
Light bulb filaments - fluorescent lighting
Cemented carbides (also called hardmetals)
Armaments
Jewelry - Tungsten Carbide

The Properties of the Element Tungsten
Name of Element : Tungsten
Symbol of Element : W
Atomic Number of Tungsten : 74
Atomic Mass: 183.84 amu
Melting Point: 3410.0 °C - 3683.15 °K
Boiling Point: 5660.0 °C - 5933.15 °K
Number of Protons/Electrons in Tungsten : 74
Number of Neutrons in Tungsten : 110
Crystal Structure: Cubic
Density @ 293 K: 19.3 g/cm3
Color of Tungsten : gray to white

Sources: http://www.theodoregray.com/periodicTable/Elements/074/index.html http://www.facts-about.org.uk/science-element-tungsten.htm

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Unusual Facts About Theodore Roosevelt

While I was searching on the web for interesting and unusual facts about presidents, I stumbled across this small list of unusual facts about Theodore Roosevelt. I'm sure you'll find it interesting.

UNUSUAL FACTS ABOUT THEODORE ROOSEVELT

1. The Teddy Bear is named after Teddy Roosevelt. While hunting in Mississippi during his presidency, a few of the men in Roosevelt's party treed a small black bear and summoned Roosevelt so that he could take the shot. Roosevelt decided that killing the young, trapped bear was not sporting, and spared it. A New York toymaker heard the story, and asked Roosevelt's permission before styling a child's stuffed toy bear as the "Teddy Bear". Roosevelt gave his permission, noting that he did not expect many sales.

2. Maxwell House coffee once asked the President what he thought of their product. He responded: "I'ts good to the last drop". Sound familiar?

3. Once while preparing to give a speech in the Milwaukee during a campaign, a crazed man attempted to assassinate Roosevelt, and shot him with a pistol at nearly point blank range. Roosevelt declared "it will take more than that to kill a bull moose!" and finished the lengthy speech before visiting a hospital.

4. After Roosevelt retired from politics, he led an expedition in South America to find the source of a river known as "the River of Doubt". Most of the party died, and Roosevelt caught the fever yet survived. The river is now named "Rio Roosevelt."

5. Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese war. Although an aggressive president when it came to military matters, he is the only president to have been awarded the honor while President of the United States.

6. After he left office in 1909, Roosevelt went on an African safari that netted many of the specimens that now stock the Smithsonian Institute.

7. Roosevelt welcomed "the strenuous life"--engaging in daunting physical tests and venturing into hostile locations, even though, taking inflation into account, he was likely the richest president in history due to his family's estate.

8. Most of the original National Parks and the National Park system were created by Roosevelt.

9. Roosevelt was the first to dub the executive mansion "The White House".

10. Roosevelt authored over 25 books.

11. Roosevelt garnered a larger portion of the popular vote as a third-party candidate (the Bull Moose Party) than anyone in U.S. history.

Source: http://www.teddyroosevelt.com/amazing_teddy_roosevelt_facts.htm

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Unusual Facts About HEALTH

Health... What unusual facts about health can you think of. Maybe I can help you with that. I posted below a list of some interesting and unusual health facts which I came across while surfing the net.

Here are some UNUSUAL FACTS ABOUT HEALTH

* Ordinary B-vitamins can enhance human mental performance and even increase "happiness?"

* There are safe pharmaceuticals referred to as smart drugs that can improve memory, enhance learning, increase focus, treat neurodegenerative diseases, and slow aging - with virtually no side effects?

* A simple test withheld by doctors could reveal why many people have symptoms of hypothyroidism, even though standard tests have shown "normal" blood thyroid hormone levels?

* "Food allergies" are sky high in patients with "undiagnosable" neurological problems?

* Just this year, mercury toxicity was implicated as a cause of Alzheimer's Disease? Now, what exactly were those dental fillings made out of again?

* A mineral found in the diet and present in many multi-vitamin supplements is a potential risk factor for Parkinson's Disease?

* An inexpensive supplemental hormone, common in the average, healthy human, can help prevent cancer, fight obesity, slow down aging, and enhance brain function?

* Taking iron pills for anemia can be very dangerous?

* Sex drive is positively correlated with longevity in males?

* Female sex drive responds to a common over-the-counter supplement?

* Hangovers, skin wrinkles and organ damage from alcohol toxicity can be prevented with a few simple nutritional supplements?

* 80% of mental retardation associated with Down's Syndrome can be prevented?

* The dose-response curve for melatonin, is larger than almost all other nutrients, so you have to get the dose, timing and form right for melatonin to work properly?

* 3 out of 10 US school kids have nutritional deficiencies that impair IQ and that juvenile delinquency is associated with nutritional deficiencies?

* Secondary nutritional deficiencies may be as common as primary ones?

* Throughout the world, it is becoming increasingly harder to obtain dietary supplements like high dose Vitamin C without a prescription from a doctor?

More unusual facts about health will be added soon. Stay healthy!

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Unusual Facts About Animals

Someone asked me to put some unusual facts about animals so I decided to go along with it. It's quite unusual and interesting anyway.

So here is my first batch of UNUSUAL FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS

A female anaconda is three to five times the size of the average male anaconda.
The average hedgehog will live about ten years.
The average size of a hedgehog falls between four and nine inches in length.
The average hedgehog heartbeat is about 190 beats a minute. During hibernation, this reduces to about 20 times in a minute.
Geese will live on average twenty-five years.
Cats sleep most of their day away, up to sixteen hours.
A rhinoceros, held in captivity, will live up to fifteen years.
Approximately 200 trees can be cut down by an average beaver.
A leopard, held in captivity, will live up to twelve years.- Susan M. Keenan
Just one cow gives off enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 liter bottles.
Cows can have regional accents
A domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree.
Bonobos are the only non human primates that engage in oral sex, tongue kissing, and face-to-face genital sex.
In a fight between a polar bear and a lion, the polar bear would win.
US Secret Service sniffer dogs are put up in five-star hotels during overseas presidential visits.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Bulls are color blind.
A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose.
The humpback whale has the longest flippers of any mammal, up to one third of the body length.
On average, there are ten dogs in an African wild dog pack.
The average size of a newborn kangaroo is the size of a coffee bean.
The average weight of a mature bull is 900 pounds.
The black uakari, a monkey, travels an average of one and a half to 2 miles every day.
An average size for an adult guinea pig is two pounds.
The average sloth travels an average of fifteen feet a day.
The average panda consumes 95% bamboo for its nourishment.
An average llama has a weight of 375 pounds.
The bowfin, a fish, averages about thirty-four inches in length.
Emus can't walk backwards.
A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
The average number of quills on a porcupine is 30,000.
The average dolphin eats one third of its weight of food each day.
One in every five thousand North Atlantic lobsters is born in a bright blue color.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
The cows at the Dairy Cattle and Research Center in Lansing yield an average of 80 pounds of milk per cow per day.
A moose, on average, will live between fifteen and twenty-five years.
Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2,200 people.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
The average garden-variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year.
Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed.
The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight.
A group of ravens is called a murder.
A group of bears is called a sleuth.
Twelve or more cows is called a flink.
A baby oyster is called a spat.
Some fleas have split penises like a Y shape
An elephant can be pregnant for up to 2 years
Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.
A squid has 10 tentacles.
A snail's reproductive organs are in its head.
The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow.
Dogs and humans are the only animals with prostates.
The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will.
More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes.
Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool.
Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises.
India has 50 million monkeys.
By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life.
Zebras can't see the color orange.
There are more insects in ten square feet of a rain forest than there are people in Manhattan.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
The smartest dogs are the Jack Russell Terrier and Scottish Border collie. Dumbest: Afgan hound.
A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from its eyes.
The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year.
The ostrich has a 46-foot long small intestine.
A scallop has 35 blue eyes.
A swan is the only bird with a penis
The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one.

This is all for now. More unusual facts about animals to come maybe in a day or two.

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Celebrity Interesting Facts

Here are some list of interesting facts on some celebrities. I got these from Hunt Famous. I think you might want to see this interesting celebrity facts that's why I decided to post it here. Enjoy!


LIST OF SOME INTERESTING CELEBRITY FACTS

Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard.

Actor Richard Gere attended the University of Massachusetts on a scholarship for gymnastics.

Billie Jean by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist.

Brad Pitt is banned from entering China because of his role in Seven Years in Tibet.

Julia Roberts is the highest paid actress in film history.

Actor Richard Gere attended the University of Massachusetts on a scholarship for gymnastics.

George Clooney says he will never get married, nor have any children.

Tom Cruise once enrolled in a seminary to become a priest but dropped out after only one year.

The longest Oscar acceptance speech was made by Greer Garson for 1924's Mrs. Miniver. It took an hour.

Nicole Kidman is scared of butterflies.

MGM star Spencer Tracy won consecutive Best Actor Oscars in the late 1930’s for his appearances in Captains Courageous in 1937 and Boys Town in 1938. This wouldn't happen again until Tom Hanks won back-to-back Oscars in the 1990s for Philadelphia in 1993 and Forrest Gump in 1994.

Actress Demi Moore is totally blind in her left eye after undergoing an operation to correct a squint when she was a child.

Christina Ricci was turned down for two roles opposite Leonardo DiCaprio including Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Rose in Titanic.

1,400 actresses were interviewed for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind.

Aerosmith's Dude Looks Like a Lady was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.

Zsa Zsa Gabor wins the list of most married female celebrities with a record 9 husbands

Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison were all 27 years old when they died.

The title role of the 1971 movie Dirty Harry was originally intended for Frank Sinatra. After he refused, it was offered to John Wayne, and then Paul Newman, before finally being accepted by Clint Eastwood.

Lisa Kudrow has a degree in Sociobiology. She originally planned to be a doctor.

Many of the sweaters worn by Mr. Rogers on the popular television show, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, were actually knitted by his real mother.

For the blockbuster movie The Terminator, O.J. Simpson was considered to play the role of the Terminator, but producers rejected him as they thought he would not be taken seriously.

Barbara Streisand has waxed more gold and platinum albums than any other solo female artist.

When Tom Cruise was seven years old, he was diagnosed as dyslexic. He claims Scientology helped him overcome it.

Christian Brando, Marlon Brando's son, murdered his pregnant, mentally disturbed sister's boyfriend in a drunken rage. Brando and prosecutors reached a plea and Brando pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. EDIT: MARLON BRANDO HAD A CRAZY ASS DAUGHTER AND MARLONS SON SHOT HER CRAZY ASS BOYFRIEND. END OF STORY.

Oprah Winfrey's production company Harpo is Oprah spelt backwards.

Sheryl Crow's front two teeth are fake -- she had them knocked out when she tripped on the stage earlier in her career.

Julia Roberts lies on her back to have her make-up applied before going onto a film set. She insists it gives her a relaxed look.

Actress Sissy Spacek got so into the part of Carrie that she slept with fake pig's blood all over her to ensure continuity.

Zsa Zsa Gabor is the great aunt of Paris Hilton.

As a teenager, actor-writer Matt Damon, earned extra cash by being a sidewalk break-dancer.

Jamie Lee Curtis says plastic surgery makes her look weird and claims it is the worst thing she’s ever done.

A childhood virus left Rob Lowe completely deaf in his right ear. "No stereo for me" he says "It's a mono world".

Madonna is related to both Gwen Stefani and Celine Dion. Gwen's great aunt's mother-in-law shares the same last name as Madonna Ciccone and an ancestor of Madonna's mother was married to a distant relative of Celine's dad.

Julia Roberts' left eye tears up when she gets nervous.

Jack Black and Jon Favreau both auditioned for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s role as Lester Bangs in Almost Famous.

Matthew Perry is missing part of his middle finger on his right hand due to a door-shutting accident.

Musician Eric Clapton grew up thinking his mother was his sister.

At age 37 Jack Nicholson discovered that the woman he'd always thought his sister was actually his mother.

The actor who played Wedge in the original Star Wars trilogy has a famous nephew: actor Ewan McGregor, who plays the young Obi-Wan in the new Star Wars film.

Jim Morrison (of the 60's rock group The Doors) was the first rock star to be arrested on stage.

American Beauty star Thora Birch's mom acted in 21 adult films including Deep Throat under the name Carol Connors before retiring in 1993.

Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey began his career as a juggling unicycle-riding clown.

Angelina Jolies uncle, Chip Taylor, wrote the song "Wild Thing"

Christina Applegate attended the 1989 MTV Movie Awards with Brad Pitt, but dumped him at the event and left with someone else.

Keira Knightley was Queen Amidala's decoy in Star Wars: Episode 1 though the film was promoted as if Natalie Portman played both roles.

Sean Connery wore a Toupee in every James Bond movie he was in.

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