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BASIC FACTS ABOUT LIONS

Renowned for its majesty and nicknamed "the king of the jungle," the lion possesses both beauty and strength. Lions vary in color but typically sport light yellow-brown coats. Mature male lions are unique among big cats due the thick brown or black manes that encircle their necks and protect them while fighting. DIET Lions consume a wide variety of prey, from wildebeest, impala, zebra, giraffe, buffalo and wild hogs to sometimes rhinos and hippos. They will also feed on smaller animals such as hares, birds and reptiles. Lions are also known to attack elephants when food is scarce. POPULATION The lion population in Africa has been reduced by half since the early 1950s. Today, fewer than 21,000 remain in all of Africa. RANGE Though lions used to live in most parts of Africa, they are now found only in the south Sahara desert and in parts of southern and eastern Africa. Historically, in addition to Africa, lions were found from Greece throug...
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20 Facts About the Amazing Eye | True Fact

1. Eyes began to develop 550 million years ago. The simplest eyes were patches of photo receptor protein in single-celled animals. 2. Your eyes start to develop two weeks after you are conceived. 3. The entire length of all the eyelashes shed by a human in their life is over 98 feet with each eye lash having a life span of about 5 months. 4. To protect our eyes they are positioned in a hollowed eye socket, while eyebrows prevent sweat dripping into your eyes and eyelashes keep dirt out of your eyes. 5. Your eyeballs stay the same size from birth to death, while your nose and ears continue to grow. 6. An eye is composed of more than 2 million working parts. 7. Only 1/6 of the human eyeball is exposed. 8. Corneas are the only tissues that don’t have blood. 9. The human eye weights approximately just under an ounce and is about an inch across. 10. An eye cannot be transplanted. More than 1 million nerve fibers connect each eye to the brain and currently we’re not abl...

10 (Strange) Facts About Sex That They Didn’t Teach You In High School.

#1.  Pumpkins might be a male aphrodisiac. According to The Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation of Chicago, the smell of pumpkin can increase blood flow to the penis, providing some interesting insight into why men love Thanksgiving so much. #2.  Crocodile dung used to be used as contraception. Ancient Egyption women used crocodile dung as contraception - dung is slightly alkaline, so it may have worked as a spermicide. However, odds are more likely that the dung prevented sexual partners from wanting sex in the first place. #3.  Small penises need love, too. Each year in Brooklyn, there is a Smallest Penis In Brooklyn contest, proving that hipsters really do try to make everything ironic. #4.  Your sex life might affect your wages. A researcher from Anglia Ruskin University analyzed a year-long study of Greek household finances, and found that those who had sex four or more times a week earned significantly more than those who d...

10 Facts To Know About Honeypreet Insan, Who Could Be The Next Successor Of Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Ever since the judgement on Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s rape case has been passed, there’s an unrest in the country. 25th Aug, the day the judgement came, Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s followers created riots causing huge loss of the public and government property. The lady is named Honeypreet Insan and there are reports that after Gurmeet Ram Rahim, she is one of the top contenders for being the next chief of Dera Sacha Sauda. Let’s have a look at some facts about her. 1. Honeypreet Insan is the adopted daughter of Gurmeet Ram Rahim. 2. She has two sisters Amarpreet Kaur Insan, Charanpreet Kaur Insan and one brother Jasmeet Singh Insan through Gurmeet Ram Rahim. 3. Honeypreet Insan loves to call herself Papa’s Angel and is extremely close to Gurmeet Ram Rahim. Ever since she has joined Dera Sacha Sauda, her popularity and power has been immense. She handles a lot of tasks related to Dera. 4. Her real name is Priyanka Taneja which was later changed to Honeypreet Insan by Gurmeet Ra...

10 Interesting Facts About The Human Brain

The human brain is one of the most important organs in a human body. It helps us think, reason, remember, and learn new things. In fact, our brain and its superior functioning differentiate from animals and other creations of the Almighty. Here are 10 interesting facts about the Human brain: The human brain weighs 3 pounds It comprises 60% of fat and is one of the fattest organs in the human body Human brain has the capacity to generate approximately 23 watts of power when awake. Of the total blood and oxygen that is produced in our body, the brain gets 20% of it. When the blood supply to the brain stops, it is almost after 8-10 seconds that the brain starts losing the consciousness. The brain is capable of surviving for 5 to 6 minutes only if it doesn’t get oxygen after which it dies. The blood vessels that are present in the brain are almost 100,000 miles in length. There are 100 billion neurons present in the brain. In early pregnancy, the neurons develop at an ala...

10 Fun Interesting Facts You Never Knew About The Internet

10 Fun Interesting Facts You Never Knew About The Internet The technology behind the Internet began back in the 1960’s at MIT. The first message ever to be transmitted was LOG.. why? The user had attempted to type LOGIN, but the network crashed after the enormous load of data of the letter G. It was to be a while before Facebook would be developed… The Internet began as a single page at the URL   http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html , which contained information about this new-fangled “WorldWideWeb” project, and how you too could make a hypertext page full of wonderful hyperlinks. Sadly, the original page was never saved, but you can view it   after 2 years of revisions here . The first emoticon is commonly credited to Kevin Mackenzie in 1979, but was a rather simple  -) and didn’t really look like a face. 3 years later, :-) was proposed by  Scott Fahlman  and has become the norm. Did you know –  the Japanese also us...

28 Incredible Facts About Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg began programming at a young age--when he was 12 he created a messaging program that his father used in his dental office, allowing the receptionist to notify him of new patients without yelling across the office. Zuckerberg took a computer graduate class at the nearby Mercy College while still in high school. His parents even hired a computer tutor to work with the young Zuckerberg, but the tutor admitted that it quickly became difficult to stay ahead of his pupil, referring to him as a "prodigy." Mark Zuckerberg attended high school at Phillips Exeter Academy, a private school in New Hampshire. He was approached by several companies with job offers (including AOL and Microsoft) before he even graduated high school, but Zuckerberg turned them all down. Zuckerberg first launched Facebook from his dormitory at Harvard University. He dropped out of Harvard University after his sophomore year to continue working on Facebook. A movie was made abou...