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A giant squid has eyes that can grow up to 20 inches in diameter. (That’s as big as your computer screen)Thanx Beth
A squid can grow from a single cell to 50 pounds in under 1 year
Squids can eat 10% of the own body weight every day
The collosal squid has claws on its arms that are as big as tiger claws and can rotate 180 degrees
Some squids can attack at speeds of up to 20 mph
Some male squids can “cross dress” to look like a female in order to get close enough to mate with one

All the coal, oil, gas, and wood on Earth would only keep the Sun burning for a few days
An area of the Sun’s surface the size of a postage stamp shines with the power of 1,500,000 candles
The sun’s average period of rotation is 27 days. (as if you’d care)

Skin is thickest, 1/5 inch, on the upper back. It is thinnest on the eyelids, which is only 1/50th inch thick
Your skin weighs about 3.2kg (of course some weigh more)
Your skin sheds 50,000 cells every minute. [Discover mag 2/07]
Skin tone is made up of only 4 hues: All skin start off white. Blood vessels add a blush of red. A yellow pigment also tints the canvas. Lastly, sepia-toned melanin appears black in large amounts. The mix of these 4 hues create all skin colours

It is impossible for anyone to verbally count up to the number 1 trillion (just try it..hehehe)
The numbers 111 222 333 444 555 666 777 888 999 are all multiples of 37. Thanx liz chell
A googol is a number 1 followed by 100 zeros
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Every year, the moon moves 3.82 cm away from the Earth
The moon actually has mirrors on it. They were left there by astronauts who wanted to bounce laser beams off them, so that the distance to the moon can be measured