Interesting facts, strange facts

interesting spiders facts (0)

3/09/10 •

Spiders have two body segments. The front segment is called the Cephalothorax. The second part of the body is called the Abdomen.
There are more than 30,000 species of spiders.
There can be up to nearly 5 million spiders per hectare.
A jumping spider can jump up to 25 times its own body length.
Black Widow ’s [...]

interesting cabbage facts (0)

3/01/10 •

The plant is also called head cabbage or heading cabbage, and in Scotland a bowkail, from its rounded shape.
The cultivated cabbage is derived from a leafy plant called the wild mustard plant, native to the Mediterranean region, where it is common along the seacoast.
The largest cabbage dish ever made was on 19 December 2008 in [...]

Interesting facts about mother’s day (0)

2/26/10 •

Mothers’ day, as we are all aware of, is one of the largest card-selling holidays celebrated worldwide.
Mother’s Day is now celebrated in many countries around the world. Australia, Mexico, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Belgium, Russia, China, Thailand, all have special celebrations to honor Mothers, but not in the same way or on the same day [...]

Interesting facts about scarecrows (0)

2/26/10 •

The scarecrow is one of the most familiar figures of the rural landscape not only in the United States but throughout the world.
Scarecrows frighten birds because of the human odor emitted from the clothes they wear. Come rain and wind, this odor dissapears.
The first scarecrows in recorded history were placed along the Nile River [...]