* When Laki volcano in iceland erupted in 1783, its lava flow stretched 65km, the longest ever recorded!
* Sharks can go up to 6 weeks without feeding. The record for a shark fasting till date was observed in an acquarium with the swell shark, which did not feed for 15 months!
* The first animals to survive in orbital space flight were the soviet dogs, Strelka and Belka; launched in Sputnik5 in August 1960!
* The sleepiest mammals are armadillos, sloths and opossums. They spend 80 per cent of their lives sleeping or dozing!
* The first person to orbit earth was Yuri Gagarin, from the USSR, in April 1961!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
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