WEIRED BUT TRUE:::

1.The worlds biggest flower-found in the

Indonesian rain forest-can grow wider than a car tire.

2. An OSTRICH can run as fast as a race horse

3. A bat can eat 3000 insects in one night

4. A giraffe's tongue is 21 inches long and the animal can use it to clean it,s ears!

5.of the seven wonders of the ancient world, only the  pyramids still stand today. All the rest have been either completely destroyed or stand in ruins!

6. The first bar code was used on Wriglry's chewing gum.

7. The jackrabbit can broad jump upto fifteen feet, when racing at the top speed!

8. A single drop of water is made up of 1700,009,000,000,000 molecules!

9. The island of Manhattan was sold by the Red Indians to the Dutch settlers for a princely sum of US$ 24!

DID YOU KNOW?..~

INTERESTING FACTS :

India's first President only took 50% of his salary 

When Dr. Rajendra Prasad was appointed the President of India,

he only took 50% of his salary, claiming he did not require more than that. Toward the end of his 12-year tenure he only took 25% of his salary. The salary of the president was RS. 10,000 back then.

The first rocket launcher in India was transported on a cycle

The first rocket was so light and small t5hat it was transported on a bicycle to the Thumba Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

India has a spa just for elephants 

Elephants receive baths, massages and even food at the

Punnathoor Cotta Elephant Yard Rejuvenation Centre in 

Kerala. Now tha's big step for country.

The human calculator

Shakuntala Devi was given this tittle after she demonstrated the

calculation of two 13 digit numbers: 7,686,369,774,870 & 2,465,099,745,779

 which were picked at random. She answered correctly within 28 

• seconds.