1.If a person is struck by lightning, they sometimes vaporize
(evaporate) completely, so that there is nothing
left of them at all.
2.Bacteria trapped inside a salt crystal for
250 million years were revived and
grown by scientists in the USA.
3.An adult human takes about 23,000
breaths per day.
4.It takes less than 0.1
grams (0.004 ounces) of
poison found in parts of the
pufferfish to kill an adult human.
However, some people eat the fish regularly
as they know which bits to remove!
5.Dead bodies can remain perfectly intact after many
years. This can happen when fat in the body turns
into a type of soap that doesn’t rot.
6.An Anglo-American
company will store
samples of your
disease-fighting white
blood cells, so that
more can be made
if you get ill.
7.Malaria is a tropical disease spread by
mosquitoes. Since the Stone Age,
malaria has been responsible for
half of all human deaths
from illness.
8.Each person’s
tongue print
is unique.
9.In ancient times, Indian doctors used
live ants to ‘stitch’ wounds together.
The doctor would hold the edges
together and get the ant to bite through
the skin.The ant’s head would then be
snapped off leaving its jaws as the ‘stitch’!
10Some people are ‘human calculators’ and can do really
complicated sums in their heads instantly – even faster than
someone with a calculator! No one knows exactly how their
brains are different.
(evaporate) completely, so that there is nothing
left of them at all.
2.Bacteria trapped inside a salt crystal for
250 million years were revived and
grown by scientists in the USA.
3.An adult human takes about 23,000
breaths per day.
4.It takes less than 0.1
grams (0.004 ounces) of
poison found in parts of the
pufferfish to kill an adult human.
However, some people eat the fish regularly
as they know which bits to remove!
5.Dead bodies can remain perfectly intact after many
years. This can happen when fat in the body turns
into a type of soap that doesn’t rot.
6.An Anglo-American
company will store
samples of your
disease-fighting white
blood cells, so that
more can be made
if you get ill.
7.Malaria is a tropical disease spread by
mosquitoes. Since the Stone Age,
malaria has been responsible for
half of all human deaths
from illness.
8.Each person’s
tongue print
is unique.
9.In ancient times, Indian doctors used
live ants to ‘stitch’ wounds together.
The doctor would hold the edges
together and get the ant to bite through
the skin.The ant’s head would then be
snapped off leaving its jaws as the ‘stitch’!
10Some people are ‘human calculators’ and can do really
complicated sums in their heads instantly – even faster than
someone with a calculator! No one knows exactly how their
brains are different.
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