world+of+wonder


 * __DID YOU KNOW __**
 * Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
 * The straw was probably invented by Egyptian brewers to taste in-process beer without removing the fermenting ingredients which floated on the top of the container.
 * The Swiss flag is square.
 * The white part of your fingernail is called the lunula.
 * Emus cannot walk backwards.
 * Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
 * The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".
 * Libya has the only flag which is all one color with no writing or decoration on it.
 * When a coffee seed is planted, it takes five years to yield it's first consumable fruit.
 * There are only three animals with blue tongues, the Black Bear, the Chow Chow dog and the blue-tongued lizard.
 * There are six five words in the English language with the letter combination "uu." Muumuu, vacuum, continuum, duumvirate and duumvir, residuum.
 * The pupil of an octopus' eye is rectangular.
 * Goat's eyes have rectangular pupils.
 * The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'
 * The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum.