7 facts in the world

7 facts in the world

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor and support life. About 29.2% of Earth's surface is land consisting of continents and islands. The Earth offers spectacular natural wonders that only a small percentage of people will ever see in their lifetime. Below, check out seven facts in the world.

1. A chicken once survived for 18 months without a head

 In 1945, a chicken farmer beheaded one of his chickens, and the chicken didn’t die. It continued walking around the farmyard, kicking, and displaying other ordinary fowl behavior. When a chicken loses its head, though its brain is gone, its spinal cord still holds residual oxygen and its neurons may even continue to fire. In the case of Mike the Headless Chicken, as he was eventually known, this process just lasted unnaturally long. The farmer, Lloyd Olsen, soon embraced his resilient rooster, bringing him to nearby farms and towns and making bets with people who scoffed when he told them he had a live headless chicken. Mike quickly became a regional celebrity. Olsen fed him by dropping food into his esophagus with an eyedropper, and it wasn’t until 18 months after the beheading that Mike finally met his fate.

2. There’s a type of predatory fish that can walk on land

These creatures, called snakehead fish, can walk up out of the water. They have both gills and an organ located in their “gill arches” that permits them to breathe oxygen. They sometimes come up on land in search of food and can flop on their fins for up to a quarter of a mile…which would probably be comical if it didn’t make your skin crawl.

3.There’s a species of lizard that shoots blood from its eyes

The Texas horned lizard wards off predators by squirting a jet of blood straight from its eyeballs. The blood is mixed with a chemical that has a repellent taste, especially to common predators like wolves and coyotes

4.Parts of Albert Einstein’s brain are on display in a museum.

If you visit the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia Literally. After Albert Einstein died in 1955, the pathologist on duty at the hospital removed his brain without permission from his family—an act which remains a subject of controversy . Einstein’s oldest son eventually gave him permission, on the condition that the brain was used only for scientific study. The pathologist sent slides containing Einstein’s brain matter to neuropathologists around the country, hoping that one might unlock the secret to Einstein’s genius

5.Vampire bats can consume half their body weight’s worth of blood in half an hour

The only mammals that can survive on a diet of blood, need to consume an ounce of blood during every feeding session. They only tend to weigh about two ounces and feed for 20 to 30 minutes at a time

Vampire bats are native to Central and South America, where they usually feed on the blood of cows or horses.

6.There’s an island near Mexico City filled with creepy old dolls

According to the legend, a man named Don Julian Santana was the caretaker of the island. One day, he learned that a little girl had drowned in one of the island’s canals, and he made it his life’s mission to honor her. And for him, “honoring” her meant collecting dolls from wherever he could find them and displaying them on the island. 

7.There are at least 200 corpses on Mount Everest

The world’s tallest mountain is filled with macabre reminders of people who met their end while making the climb. Other bodies belong to Sherpas, people of Tibet and Nepal, who were simply making a living as mountaineers, the bodies remain there, rather than being taken down to be buried, because the climb is so hard to make and no one else wants to endanger their lives making it. While many of the corpses are buried under snow or otherwise hidden from view, others are in full view of people trying to summit the mountain. Some have even become unofficial location markers for climbers today.

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