Sharks have outstanding hearing. They can hear a fish thrashing in the water from as far as 500 metres away!

The amount of blood a female mosquito drinks per serving is five millionths of a liter.

Half the foods eaten throughout the world today were developed by farmers in the Andes Mountains (including potatoes, maize, sweet potatoes, squash, all varieties of beans, peanuts, manioc, papayas, strawberries, mulberries and many others).

AMAZING FACTS