At one 'feeding', a mosquito can absorb one and a half times its own weight in blood.
Spiders have transparent blood.
Rice is the chief food for half the people of the world.
Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
According to U.S. laws, a beer commercial can never show a person actually drinking beer.
The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
Moist air holds heat better than dry air.
The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.
