The Bluetooth logo is composed of the old Nordic runes for H and B, which were the initials of Viking king Harald Bluetooth. He was known for his overwhelming communication skills. Young LC, VanderWerf EA. Adaptive value of same-sex pairing in Laysan albatross. Proc R Soc B Biol Sci. 2013;281(1775). doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2473 With a total of 1,896 km (1,178 mi), the Yonge Street in Ontario, Canada, is the longest street in the world. Qiu Q, Zhang G, Ma T, et al. The yak genome and adaptation to life at high altitude. Nat Genet 2012 448. 2012;44(8):946-949. doi:10.1038/ng.2343

The city of Bangkok in Thailand has the longest name in the world and is actually called Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. They are an all female species, as they are ‘parthenogenetic’, meaning it can reproduce without males. Around 70 species in the world have shown this behaviour, including some crabs, snails and the Komodo dragon. 101. There are an estimated 8.7 million species on earth and more than 80% of them are undiscovered. They often do this when retreating away from flowers. 3 5. Dolphins use toxic pufferfish to ‘get high’.The longest living, verified animal is a Madagascar radiated tortoise, which died at an age of 188 years in May 1965. The Counter Strike team “Silver Snipers” consists of five members who are between 62 and 81 years old. According to the Global Age Watch Index 2014, Germany is the third best country on earth after Sweden and Norway, for humans to get as old as possible. Poaching is a big problem for gorillas, but young gorillas have learnt how to trap and dismantle snares. 33 84. The earliest found depictions of dogs come from 8,000 years ago.

Russian man, Valery Spiridonov was alleged to be the first human to receive a head transplant. His head was to be transplanted to a new body, but he decided against it after a long hesitation. Meanwhile, a Chinese man that hasn’t been named is to take his place. In addition to the known blood types of the AB0 system, there is a fourth, very rare variant. It is colloquially called the Bombay blood group, since only about 20,000 people worldwide have this blood group, almost all of whom come from India. There are about nine million people in a prison around the world. 25 percent of them come from the USA. At least 50 percent of the oxygen in our atmosphere is produced by phytoplankton in the oceans and not by land plants. Due to the rising sea temperatures, however, the phytoplankton population continues to decline.Due to the decline of the lion population, there are now more lion statues worldwide than real lions. With a height of 8.23 inches, Sultan Kösen from Turkey is the tallest man in the world. He has shoe size 62 and the distance from his wrist to the tip of his middle finger is 11.2 inches. While the mortality rate for cancer ten years ago was 215 deaths per 100,000 people, it has subsequently decreased to 172.

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In 1968 Kip “Keino” almost arrived late to the Olympic 1,500 meter run, due to a traffic jam. He therefore left the car, ran the remaining 2.5 miles to the stadium and took home the gold medal. The incredible round-the-world journey covers 14,000 miles over the 46 day period at a steady 13mph. The grey-headed albatross perform this feat by making various pit-stops along the way. 16 36. Giraffes are the tallest land animal in the world, reaching heights of 19ft (5.8 m). The ostrich is the world’s tallest bird. It can grow up to 9 feet (2.7m) tall. The genetic defect “congenital analgesia” causes the affected person to feel absolutely to pain. In 2006, a 14-year-old suffering from this genetic defect jumped off a roof to show his friends that he does not feel pain. However, he died as a result of the injuries sustained during impact. A 20 second hug increases the oxytocin level of people so much that afterwards there is a much greater trust between them. About 89 percent of all men have problems with differentiating between kind behavior from a woman and flirting.