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Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark.

A hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute on average.

No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half.

It is estimated that 4 million “junk” telephone calls, phone solicitations by persons or programmed machine are made every day in the United States.

The bee frog of Africa is no bigger than a bee.

Cats can make over 100 vocal sounds, while dogs can only make 10.

You can lead a cow up a stairwell but not down a stairwell.

There is only one insect that can turn its head — the praying mantis.

Scientists believe that diamond rains occur on Neptune and Uranus. The heart of these planets may be a layer of diamonds hundreds of miles thick.

Seeds from a wild flower, the Artic Lupine, found in Alaska, have grown in the lab after being frozen in the ground for 10,000 years.

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