Hello again guys, what have you all been up to? Quite sure no one is even thinking about taking up another book until September. You know how they (adults) say our generation is living in the ‘Internet age’;well it’s true. You can learn quite a lot by just the click of your mouse. On that note, here is another feature of 10 Things I Bet You Didn’t Know… I hope you do learn something.

1 Taking a nap can counteract impulsive behaviour and boost tolerance of impulsive behaviour.

2 70 per cent of the world’s spices come from India.

3 Researchers have found that ducks have accents.

4 Elephants are the only non-human animal who can suffer from post-traumatic stress.

5 Chimpanzee babies are cognitively more developed than human babies until the age of six months.

6 It has been reported that Iceland and the Faroe Islands are the only countries where there are no mosquitoes. 

7 When sharks need to pee, they excrete through their skin.

8 Claims have been made that without your pinky finger, you would lose 50 per cent of your hand strength.

9 Humans swing their arms when they walk because it reduces the amount of energy the body has to use.

10 Oprah Winfrey and Elvis Presley are distant cousins.