The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world. They can reach a top speed of around 113 km per hour.

• Cats and humans have been associated for nearly 10000 years.
  
   

1. A group of twelve or more cows is called a flink. 
   

1. The system of democracy was introduced 2 500 years ago in Athens, Greece. The oldest existing governing body operates in Althing in Iceland. It was established in 930 AD.

1. Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through the air.
   

If you went out into space, you would explode before you suffocated because there's no air pressure . 

1. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a mili-second.
   

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The tank containing all the rocket fuel weighs seven times more than the space shuttle itself! That's a lot of really heavy fuel, and the space shuttle engines aren't quite strong enough to push the combined weight of the shuttle and the big bloated external tank up off the ground.

Strange but True: The Largest Organism on Earth Is a Fungus

The blue whale is big, but nowhere near as huge as a sprawling fungus in eastern Oregon

Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell studied the human voice, experimented with sound and is credited with the invention of the first practical telephone among other scientific achievements.

Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall is known for her life long study of the behavior of chimpanzees in social situations as well as being a tireless animal rights advocate and humanitarian.

Albert Einstein 

Albert Einstein changed the world of science with his brilliant work in theoretical physics. His theories, equations and ideas became the stuff of legend and his image is known around the world.