Wonderful Facts

• The 50 tallest mountains on Earth are all located in Asia.
• A lion’s roar can be heard from five miles away.
• Cats do not taste sweetness.
• Did you know there are two kinds of camels? One is the Arabian that lives in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It has one hump. And the second kind is called Bactrian which has two humps and lives in Mongolia and Chinese Turkistan.
• If a foreign-born female gives birth on an airplane in U.S. airspace, or on a ship within 12 nautical miles of the U.S. coast, her child automatically becomes a U.S. citizen.
• The peacock is actually the male name of the peafowl. The female is called a peahen.
• China is the birthplace of the first seismograph. Built in 132 AD by a man named Cheng Heng, it consisted of eight metal dragons holding eight carved balls over eight frog figurines. If an earthquake made the ground vibrate, the dragon facing the quake’s source would drop a ball into the mouth of its corresponding frog.
• Derby fans may notice that race horses never walk to the starting gate alone. Horses are social animals, and thoroughbreds sped a lot of lonely time on the road. Therefore, it is traditional to bring their stable mate, or “companion pony” along to keep them soothed. 
• In 2005, at least 2.5 million American drivers aged 85 or older had valid drivers licenses.