50 Weird/Interesting facts ITT

[Adrenachrome]

http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-you-probably-didnt-know/

A good time killer, some really interesting facts I did not know before.

[Thanatos]

Despite the common weather report that “it’s raining cats and dogs out there,” frogs and fish are the most likely animals to fall from the sky in rain. The most recent rain of frogs occurred in 2005 in Serbia, and it rained frogs in London in 1998. In 2006 it rained fish in India, while Wales got the fish-drop in 2004.

SAY WHAT!?

Also Lenny's emu picture is #25 lol

[-Spector-]

#25
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain. The emu has even less intellectual gear. According to Tim Nielsen, bird supervisor of the Royal Adelaide Zoo, emus are a serious contender for world’s dumbest bird.

Has Lenny's picture.. wierd.

::edit:: Damn you thanatos! ha

[HandOfHeaven]

42. The World’s Most Dangerous Animal

The not-so humble mosquito wins this award hands down. Mosquitoes transmitting countless diseases kill more animals - including humans - than any other animal (or plant) on Earth.


I just love that I live in Minnesota, where there are all too many of these.

[Vault Dweller]

44. One Species In Which Dad Does All The Work

In seahorses it’s the male who gets pregnant. He incubates the offspring for three weeks, spends about 72 hours in labor, then gives birth to up to 200 baby seahorses at a time.


Something about this just doesn't make sense to me. I'm sure it's valid, but it sounds like some careless scientist mixed up labeling somewhere.