AMAZING SCIENCE FACTS
 | Did you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse together). |
| Flea's can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6ft. person jumping 780 ft. into the air. |
| The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal. |
| Snakes are true carnivorous because they eat nothing but other animals. They do not eat any type of plant material. |
| The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length. |
| 100 years ago: The first virus was found in both plants and animals. |
| 90 years ago: The Grand Canyon became a national monument &Cellophane is invented. |
| 80 years ago: The food mixer and the domestic refrigerator were invented. |
| 70 years ago: The teletype and PVC (polyvinyl-chloride ) were invented. |
| 60 years ago: Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission by splitting uranium, Teflon was invented. |
| 50 years ago: Velcro was invented. |
| 40 years ago: An all-female population of lizards was discovered in Armenia. |
| 30 years ago: The computer mouse was invented. |
| 20 years ago: First test-tube baby born in England, Pluto's moon, Charon, discovered. |
| 10 years ago: First patent for a genetically- engineered mouse was issued to Harvard Medical School. |
| 5 years ago: The first successful cloning of human embryo |
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