Wednesday 11 March 2015

Fact Hunters: Penguins, telephones & fish

Harmonie Hall
Have you ever wondered how penguins can eat those fish? Well it turns out they only have two of the basic five taste sensors in their mouth. They can taste salty and sour… but not any of the others. This means the fish might not actually taste that bad.

Anonymous
Amazingly, flying fish are able to leap up to 2 metres into the air and then glide along using their fins!

Emmanuel Atahuene
The 1870 Education Act was the very first piece of legislation that made it a requirement for children to go to school.

Daniel Oladipe
The drawing used to patent the design of the telephone was registered on March 7th 1876. The first successful bi-directional transmission of clear speech was made on March 10th 1876.


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