Did you know...

1. A blue whale's heart beats nine times per minute?
2. Killer whales have tiny non-functioning legs situated behind their fins?
3. Flies jump backwards when they take off?
4. A research lab in Kobe, Japan has developed lenses to improve a house fly's sight by 300%?
5. There are 160 words for "camel" in Arabic?
6. The camel's only natural enemy is the vampire bat?
7. Redwood trees can have bark that's up to 30cm thick?
8. The president of Nairobi built a mansion inside a giant hollowed-out redwood tree?
9. Kung Fu master Bruce Lee had to slow down his movements so the camera could catch the action?
10. Bruce Lee was 5'5" but could jump unaided through a basketball hoop?
11. Clinophobia is the fear of beds?
12. Clendobarilliophobia is the fear of encountering a rattlesnake under the bleachers in a stadium?
13. The Pentagon has 17.5 miles of corridors?
14. The Pentagon has a rotatable base so that a different side can face south every month?
15. Sound travels five times faster under water than in air?
16. When a tree falls in the forest, all the other trees point at it and laugh?
17. That only the odd-numbered items in this list are true?