Smallest Human Bone

The smallest bone in the human body is located in the middle ear and it called the stapes or stirrup bone. Its length is approximately 0.11 inches.

Here are the links where I found the information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapes and http://www.randomfunfacts.com/

Double Whopper

A Double Whopper from Burger King has 963 calories. It would take 155 minutes of walking for an average man of 190 lbs to burn it all off.

Here are the links I used for references: http://exercise.about.com/cs/fitnesstools/l/blcalorieburn.htm

and http://www.burgerking.co.uk/nutrition?producttypeid=17&productid=4

Headless Cockroaches

Cockroaches can live up to nine days without their heads, because they don't breath by it and they can survive about a month without food.

here are the links where I got the information: http://funfunnyfacts.com/

and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach

Here is a video of a headless cockroach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDx6kC4jkFE

Blue Whales

Blue whales weigh between 150-170 metric tons. Their tongue alone weighs about 2.7 metric tons. A baby blue whale drinks up to 400 liters of milk a day and grows up to 90 kg in 24 hours. At birth, it weighs about the same as a full grown hippopotamus (about 2,700 kilograms).

Here are the links where I got the information = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale and http://www.randomfacts.org/random-facts.html

And here is a video of a blue whale = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbSUF3VByBg&feature=related

Badwater Basin

Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America at 282 ft below sea level.

Here is a little video of a guy running in that area = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ4eyH9QvFo

And here is the link where I got the information from = http://www.randomfacts.org/random-facts.html
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badwater_Basin

One expensive Cow

The most paid for a cow was $1.2 million. Her name was Missy and she is a Holstein cow from Canada. She is a show cow of course.

The source of this fact is from wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy_(cow

Empire State Building

It would take more than 11 Empire State Buildings to equal the depth of the deepest part of the Gulf of Mexico. Its deepest point is 14,383 ft (4,384 m) and the Empire State Building is 1,250 ft (381 m) high and has 102 floors. Eleven times 1,250 ft is 13,750 ft.

Other facts about the Empire State Building: It is most famous for the movie King Kong. More than thirty people have committed suicide by jumping off over the years. Its opening coincided with the Great Depression.

Here are the links of the sources = http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bingbin/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_building

Boneless

An elephant’s trunk is not controlled by any bones, but by 40,000 muscles.

Here are the sources for my fact:

http://www.randomfacts.com.au/rf/random_facts/random_animal_facts.html

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant#Trunk

Here is a video of an elephant dragging a log with its trunk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVABxJDLw0w

Sleeping Dolphin

Dolphins sleep with one eye open and only one part of their brain slowed down at a time. They either float at the surface of the water or stay at the bottom.

Here are the links for the references of this fact:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin#Sleeping

http://www.randomfacts.com.au/rf/random_facts/random_animal_facts.html

And here is a video of a dolphin sleeping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZSzI5mHwS8

Sleeping pattern

Dolphins sleep with only one part of their brain slow-down at a time. They either float at the surface of the water, or they stay at the bottom.

Here are the links to the references :

http://www.randomfacts.com.au/rf/random_facts/random_animal_facts.html

Cats & Dogs

Cats make over 100 different sounds, dogs can only make about ten.

Here is a video about a cat that sounds possessed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-lK9yrphVg

And here is the source of my fact

http://www.randomfacts.com.au/rf/random_facts/random_animal_facts.html