Monday, 8 April 2013

Fact Hunters: Millipedes & Zebras

William Ilott 
The name "millipede" is a compound word formed from the Latin roots mille ("thousand") and pes ("foot"). Despite their name, no known millipede has 1,000 legs, although the rare species Illacme plenipes has up to 750. The giant African millipede is the largest species of millipede.

Adam Trower
Did you know that there are 150 types of blackcurrants used to make Ribena. They were cultivated by a firm called SCRI who named them all after Scottish mountains: Ben Alder, Ben Tirran etc

Berivan Onur 
Incredibly you can tell the age of toads by growth rings in their bones!

Daniel Olukun 
Were you aware that B&Q was founded in March 1969 in Southampton, by Richard Block and David Quayle?

Ellis Curtis Rich
Have you ever wondered how a zebra is feeling? Well a zebra's ears signify its mood. When a zebra is in a calm, tense or friendly mood, its ears stand erect. When it is frightened, its ears are pushed forward. When angry, the ears are pulled backward.

Kieran Dansey
Incredibly Queen Victoria survived 7 assassination attempts. In addition to this she lived on to have 40 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. 

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