10 Individual Facts Wolves Can hear As Far As Six Miles Away?
#1 Individual Facts
Traditionally, investors try to preserve their assets during hard economic times by investing in precious metals, such as gold and silver. The World Gold Council released a report in February 2009 that indicated the demand for gold rose sharply in the last half of 2008.
#2 Individual Facts
Some bacterial colonies grow much faster in space. For example, astro E-coli colonies grow almost twice as fast as E-coli on Earth. Additionally, salmonella grows much deadlier while on a space shuttle than on Earth.
#3 Individual Facts
The fish in the middle of a school control the school. The fish on the outside are guided by those in the middle. Only bony fish can swim in highly coordinated groups.
#4 Individual Facts
From the mid-1960s to late-1980s, the Soviet Union imprisoned as many as 35 million people in prison camps. Of that number, between 20 million and 30 million received tattoos while serving their time. Inmates caught wearing a tattoo they didn’t earn or deserve might be punished by death.
#5 Individual Facts
If one identical twin is gay, the other has about a 20-50% chance of being gay. Because it is not 100%, scientists speculate that homosexuality is a result of the interplay of environmental factors (e.g., surge of hormones in the womb, a virus, etc.) and genetics.
#6 Individual Facts
On November 3, 1939, the first death sentence of World War II was passed by the Nazis on two Polish women who had torn down Nazi placards.
#7 Individual Facts
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than half of the adult population in the U.S. is either overweight or obese. More than one third of U.S. adults (35.7%) are obese.
#8 Individual Facts
During the Middle Ages, the Catholic church banned human dissection and the study of human anatomy; consequently, study on the brain slowed considerably. However, roaming barbers offered primitive brain surgery to remove "the stone of madness".
#9 Individual Facts
Under certain conditions, wolves can hear as far as six miles away in the forest and ten miles on the open tundra.
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