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 Fact 54: How tall is Mount Everest Everest is 8,849 m tall, interestingly Everest is named after Colonel Sir George Everest  (a Welsh surveyor and geographer)  (born  4 July 1790- died  December 1866)   so should technically be pronounced  Eve-rest because that is how his name was and should be pronounced. The first people to climb Mount Everest (and reach the summit) were Edmund Hillary (20 July 1919-11 January 2008) and Tenzing Norgay (29 May 1914-9 May 1986) the both climbed Mount Everest on 29 May 1953.

Fact 53: How many teeth do giraffes have? The answer is 32 teeth just like us how cool is that we have the same amount of teeth as a giraffes. The legs and neck of a giraffe is the same size (6 feet tall)! fact

 Fact 52: Is the tomato plant poisonous? This may surprise you to know that yes the plant is poisonous but the fruit is not (when ripe).  The stems and leaves and roots are poisonous to humans and cats and dogs because they have  solanine,  this because tomatoes are a part of the (deadly)  nightshade family(Solanaceae),  solanine is an  alkaloid, and an  alkaloid it  is a  naturally occurring organic nitrogen-containing compound that is mostly found in plants in Brittan  and is toxic, unripe tomatoes also have a toxin (poison) called tomatine this is only found in the fruit.  T he fruit is not poisonous however if they are unripe and eaten raw  in large quantities it can cause  unpleasant symptoms like a fever, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, being sick, and drowsiness . apparently, you can eat them if you boil them but there are conflicting articles.  This is because unripe tomatoes contain  Both toma...

Fact 51 : Where did the water on Earth come from? It is highly likely that we got all of our water from asteroids and comets that landed on Earth. This is because a asteroids landed in someone's front garden recently and when scientists examined the asteroid scientists found h20 solid molecules (ice) in side the asteroid. This is according to a scientist on BBC radio 4 (I think it was the news but I honestly can't remember). I have also research it on Google to double check. Basically water was formed in ice which got trapped in rock. This happened far away from the sun where temperatures are near zero degrees centigrade the edge of our solar system. So Earth (we) inhabited  water from outer space how cool is that!

fact 50: How many arms does an octopus have? Now this may surprise you to know that an octopus technically have only 6 arms and 2 legs, (8 tentacles in total).  This is according to different aquariums and scientists observing octopus in captivity and in the wild, have spotted that octopus designate different tentacles for different things.  After observing octopus for along time (I couldn't find out how long) the aquariums and scientists noticed that they were only walking on 2 legs and using the other 6 to pick things up and open things (like jars) and moving objects.  Octopus have 2,240 suction cups in total witch cover there 8 tentacles. Octopus fact

Fact 49: How many teeth do adult humans have? An adult human should have 32 teeth in total.  There are 22 bones in a fully grown adult human skull .  The adult human eyes is between 21 mm and 27 mm it just depends. A human Babies eyes are about 16.5 mm in length and grow to (you guessed it) between 21 mm and 27 mm .

Fact 49: What is the oldest trick in the scroll? The oldest magic trick in the scroll was preformed by * Dedi *, Dedi was able to pull the head off a goose, a duck and an ox and putt the head back on the animal and the animal didn't die in the process! The scroll is called the Westcar Papyrus it is a papyrus scroll in 3 parts, it was originally in 2 parts but at some point (we don't know when or why) it was separated (cut) into 3 parts. It was a trick preformed by a famous Ancient Egyptians magician called Dedi. *Dedi also preformed the oldest trick on the wall tthis was the cup and ball trick both the the cup and to some extent the bird (ducks or sometimes doves) trick are preformed still today?*  

Fact 48: what is the correct name for a fear of heights?    The correct name for a fear of heights is acrophobia.  It is called acrophobia because of the Greek word for heights is acron (like acrobat) and the Greek word for fear (or horror) is phobos, because in Greek mythology Phobos is one of the sons of Ares and Aphrodite. Therefore the Greeks put the to words together and created the word Acrophobia. So if you are ever very high-up and scared you can think to yourself the word for this is acrophobia, or you can just freeze, like me and scream, the choice is yours!  Vertigo is a condition of dizziness that can sometimes be linked to Acrophobia but they are not the same thing.

Fact 47: Did Roman legionaries punch their names into their helmets? It was not uncommon for Roman legionaries (foot soldiers) to carve or punch their names into their helmets. In fact, there is a roman museum (Verulamium Roman Museum UK) that has a helmet with the name of the soldier punched into the helmet. It was discovered in 1880 and is said to have the name of the foot soldier name PAPIRI [VS]. roman Legionaries also decorated their helmets with plums to make them look taller and intimidating to their enemies because nothing says big and  intimidating like decorating your helmet with plums ( Prunus domestic)!  minimum height to enlist in the Roman Army was  5'10” it was later changed  to 5'8″ when they became desperate for recruits. and plums are only   2–7 centimetres. The roman helmet is only  37cm. 5'10” +  7 centimetres =  6 feet ¾ inch so the solder could have looked  slightly taller.

  Fact 46: How many teeth do crocodiles have? This may surprise you to know that Crocodiles have an amazing 60 teeth.  Crocodiles have  2000 teeth during their lifetime because they lose teeth like sharks.  the longest crocodile species is the  Saltwater crocodiles which is  astonishingly   23 feet (  7.0104 meters) . just to put that into perspective the  average height of a male in the UK is  5 foot 10 inches. The crocodile is  17 feet 2 inches taller than the average UK male.   Teeth facts!

TEETH FACTS!!! Fact 45: How many teeth do Rhinos have? Fact 41: How many teeth do lions have? Fact 9: How can a snake swallow big prey? Fact 2: What animal has the most amount of teeth? Fact 46: How many teeth do crocodiles have?

Fact 45: How many teeth do Rhinos have? Rhinos have between 24 and 34 teeth. This is a related facts about  Teeth . The cave men  ( early Europeans )  drew Rhinos in cave paintings  around 30,000 to 32,000 years. Rhinos have 2 horns. There are only 2 female  northern whites left in Sudan .  Teeth facts.

     Fact 44: what is Afrikaans? Afrikaans is Pronounced a· fruh·kaans. Afrikaans is a  language. Afrikaans is a language that is mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia. Afrikaans is  spoken by an estimated 17.5 million people . Afrikaans and English are the only two *Indo-European languages*  among the many official languages of South Africa . * The Indo-European language family has four  major  living strands  Indo-Iranian, Balto-Slavic, Germanic, and Italic .* Afrikaans is a West Germanic language that devolved into the *Dutch Cape Colony*. *Dutch United East India Company colony in Southern Africa.* Afrikaans descended from Dutch and *Zulu  languages* from the 17th and 18th centuries. It belongs to a West Germanic sub-group, *the Low Franconian languages.*  Other West Germanic languages related (descended or influenced) by Afrikaans are German, English, the *Frisian languages*, and the unstandardized languages of Low Ger...

 Fact 43: What do Tubulidentata Aardvarks eat? Tubulidentata Aardvark's eat termites   and ants.   Tubulidentata Aardvark's tongues can reach an incredible 30cm (11.811 inches) long.  The very first aardvark to ever come to Great Britain was one that was taken to, the London zoo in 1869 the Aardvark came from southern Africa.  The name aardvark is an Afrikaans  word that means Earth pig.  Some Tubulidentata Aardvarks live in Sudan.

Fact 42: How many mammals live in Sudan? Sudan is estimated to have around 287 mammal species. This is a list of some of the materials, that this includes:  lions , Cheetahs, hippopotamus ( are   semiaquatic mammals ),  Tubulidentata aardvark , leopards, Elephants , giraffes , rhinoceros , bats, goats,  and primates ( there are as many as 9 primate species in Sudan ).   Just to name a few.  I can't work out how many elements there are or what species of Elephants still live in Sudan but there apparently aren't that many because of poachers.  One of the most famous Elephant was from Sudan, his name was Jumbo

Fact 41: How many teeth do lions have? Lions have 30 teeth in total.  The canines of a lion teeth are about 10 cm to put that into perspective adult human canines are only 1.5 cm. Lions have strong teeth and they are able to eat the calves of the African Bush Elephants. But lions can't  eat the adult female or  male African Bush Elephant  because they are to big. Teeth related facts . Teeth Fact. 

Fact 40: How tall can a male African Bush Elephant grow? The African bush elephant is one of two types of elephant still in existence. The African bush elephant male (bulls) can grow up to shoulder height of 3.96 m (12.9921312 foot 11.906 inch).  The male African bush elephant is one the largest living land animal,  The most famous African bush elephant was an elephant called Jumbo .

fact 39: How tall was Jumbo the elephant? Jumbo the elephant was 3.2 metres (10.6 feet)  The word Jumbo now means big or large because it was the name of a really tall elephant. Jumbo was originally named "Jumbe", the Swahili word for "chief".  Jumbo was a male African Bush Elephant . Born late December (sometime near Christmas)1860 – jumbo died September 15, 1885 in a train accident in Canada. Jumbo was born in Sudan . Jumbo was captured by Arabian hunters in 1862. He was first sold a travelling zoo in Germany then sold to a  French zoo called Jardin des Plantes. London zoo maded  a trad with France, London zoo gave them a rhinoceros and the Jardin des Plantes zoo gave England a massive elephant. London (16 years) later  sold the elephant to the American circus showman P. T. Barnum in 1882.  Jumbo was later killed in a train accident and then P. T. Barnum had jumbo stuffed and sold tickets for people to look at the elephant like when he was alive. The stuf...

Fact 38: How fast does a fly flap their wings? The average fly flaps it's wings  200 times per second. If a fly didn't flap it's wimgs at 200 times per second it would be a walk!

Fact 37: How many Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were made? There were going to be 6 but they only made 5. They were called: Warspite, Barham, Queen Elizabeth(named after the 1st not the 2nd), Valiant, Barham and the sixth was going ot be called  Agincourt. The Queen Elizabeth-class battleship were a group of five super-dreadnoughts (this means basically they were built especially for ww1), they were built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. These battleships were higher-ranking in firepower, protection, and speed compared to their Royal Navy predecessors the Iron Duke.  although the Queen Elizabeth class battleships were only capable of doing 2 knots (this is 3.7 km/h) faster than the German battleships (class 5:2). The Queen Elizabeths class battleships are widely regarded and known as the first  genuinely fast battleships of their day. 4:Warspite, Barham, Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, were scraped. Barham was lost to U-boat attack in 1941 Agincourt was  ...

Fact 36: What animals were used during WW2? The animals that were used in WW2 were horses, mules ( horses sized donkey looking animal), dogs, homing pigeons, and even camels, were used in WW2. Although not an official war animal cats were used on military ships to catch mice and rats. In WW2 horses, mules and camels were used to carry things like supplies and soldiers. The camels were only used at the start of WW2. In WW2 homing pigeons were used to take aerial footage and messages.  In WW2  dogs were used to look for enemy troops and trenches, guard prisoners, transport important messages, sniff out mines, and deliver supplies to injured soldiers and  anti tank  dogs ( I am going to explain in detail in a later blog/fact article what an antie tank dogs are ).

Fact 35: What are Thankful Villages and how many ww1 Thankful Villages are there? Thankful Villages are towns and villages in England and Wales where all their members of the armed forces survived World War I.   In England, the amount of thankful villages for ww1 according to the  Historic UK website " Arthur Henry Mee estimated that there were at most 32 Thankful Villages,"  There are only 3 Thankful Villages in Wales. I have done the maths and worked out that there were 15965 villages who lost people across England and Wales and only 35 thankful villages in total, there are 16000 villages in total in England and Wales.

Fact 34: What do all the different poppies represent? The Red Poppy: This is the most used/worn poppy because it is worn to commemorate and remember all the military personnel who sacrificed their lives and died in World War One and other battles and wars that have followed.  The wearing of a poppy was inspired by the fields of poppies that grew where battles were fought.  The red poppies are made by a charity called Royal British Legion , which helps by supporting serving and ex-serving men and women, and their families. The Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal has been helping and supporting serving and ex-serving men and women, and their families, since the 15 May 1921. Poppys grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth, this is why they grow on lots of battlefields and this is why we chose to use poppies to help us remember all the people who died in all battles. The white Poppy: is worn to remember all victims of war, b...

Fact 33: Why do Giraffes have long necks?  This answer may surprise you to know that, it isn't so they can reach the top of the trees yes it helps, but it's not why they evolved, to have long necks. The real reason is quite surprising indeed; it is to help them fight each other, for dominance by, basically using their head like a golf club, and by having a long neck they can swing their neck to help them to give a powerful hit to their opponent.  This is according to researchers at the Chinese Academy of Science. Giraffe facts

Fact 32: Is there a fish that is a bad swimmer and just walks underwater? Surely not there couldn't possibly be a fish like that, oh but there is and it lives in the deep waters near the Galapagos islands.  The scientific name is Ogcocephalus darwini (yes this fish is named after Charles Darwin) and the non-scientific name for this animal is Red-lipped batfish. As the name suggests they have really red lips they look like they've got lipstick on! Also, the top speed of this strange creature is 10mph  Their life span is 12 years.     ©Rein Ketelaars 

Fact 31: Where does the word science come from?  The word “Science” comes from the Latin word “Scientia”, that means knowing something. By the late 14th century, science meant, in English, collective knowledge. By the 16th century it became the mean of the word we know as science.  The Oxford dictionary states that the word science means: "the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. the world of science and technology" However the Science Council Science says "science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence."  So there is still an idea of knowledge and understanding and  intellectual (good at thinking clever and intelligent things) linked to the word even to day! 

Fact 30: Who was involved in the gun powder plot on the 5th of November's 1605? The plot was originally five plotters Robert Catesby was the leader,Thomas Winter, Thomas Percy, John Wright and Guy (or Guido) Fawkes.   These people joined later on Christopher Wright, Robert and Thomas Wintour, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and Francis Tresham.  In total there were 13 people in the group. Fact 30 1/2: what was written in the letter? This is what the letter said: My Lord…I would advise you as you tender your life to devise some excuse to shift your attendance at this Parliament for God and man hath concurred to punish the wickedness of this time…though there be no appearance of any stir yet I say they shall receive a terrible blow this parliament and yet they shall not see who hurts them. No-one knows who wrote the letter however here is what the UK Parliament website said:"Monteagle received the letter at his house in Hoxton, north ...

Fact 29: who wrote "elementary my dear watson"? It was not Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in fact it was  the phrase in the 1915 novel The Adventure of the Split Infinitive, a 1902 short story published in 'Public School Magazine, by the Journalist writter P.G. Wodehouse he all so wrote a Among the Immortals a play bast on sherlock holmes. Also yes I am watching Enola Holmes 2 it is so good! Got to go and finish watching it!