Page 205 - Animal Facts

A parody of Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" has more Youtube views than the original music video.




The video, entitled "Glitter Puke," is part of a weekly musical comedy show called "Key of Awesome." It currently has over 44 ½ million views, which is nearly 20 million more than Tik Tok's 28 ½ million!

You can see for yourself in the YouTube search results.

Mice DON'T really like cheese.




In reality, mice prefer foods with a higher sugar content. Their diet mainly consists of fruit and grains - cheese typically has far too strong a smell and rich a flavor for their tastes!
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The deadliest animal in the world is the mosquito.




Mosquitoes cause over 2 million deaths worldwide annually! Between 800 thousand and 1 million of those deaths are from malaria alone. Mosquitoes also spread West Nile, elephantiasis, yellow fever, and dengue fever.

Compare that to venomous snakes with only 125,000 deaths annually. Or crocodiles, with only 600 to 800 fatal victims per year. A whole list of 10 deadly animals can be found here.

Cartoon courtesy of xkcd.

About 400 billion gallons of water are used worldwide every day.




There's also a glacier on the equator! It's on Mt. Cotopaxi in Ecuador. And Saturn isn't the only planet with rings. Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus have subtle ring systems, and Earth may have had rings once,

Here's a list of 101 facts about our planet!
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