Facts

In 24 hours heart beats 103,689 times of average human.

“The Boston Tea Party” took place in 1773, that was an act of direct action protest by the American colonists against British Government in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks belonging to the British East India Company on ships in Boston Harbor.

Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three months and can distinguish between different shapes, colors and sounds.

Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our bodies.

Blue-eyed, pure white cats are frequently deaf.

About 400 billion gallons water is used worldwide each day.

There are 200,000,000 insects for every one human.

The body’s largest organ is the skin. In an adult man it covers about 1.9m2 (20 square feet), a woman has about 1.6m2 (17 square feet).

A cat sees better than a human at night, it has a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.

In India the standard time is fixed on the basis of standard meridian which passes through Allahabad.