Angry Hippo
With the major exams out of the way, most of us are now enjoying the ‘free paper’. Unfortunately, those of us who are in the lower grades might still be battling with end of year exams; but never mind…that will soon come to end as well. Hello again guys and welcome to another feature of 10 things I bet you didn’t know. Here we go…
1 According to research, if someone is uncertain about a decision, their pupils dilate.
2 A chipmunk’s cheek can expand to three times the size of its head.
3 It takes five different parts of your brain for you to understand and laugh at a joke.
4 Goldfish don’t have stomachs.
5 When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
6 A 19-year-old mother was once arrested after she posted a Facebook photo showing her infant smoking out of a bong.
7 Plants also get cancer.
8 Denmark has more pigs than people.
9 In Kenya, there are camel mobile libraries. Camels transport books from the capital to surrounding villages that are up to 248 miles away.
10 Venice, Italy has sunk by nine inches in the last 100 years and is expected to be completely submerged in less than 70 years.