More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States Tens of thousands of bats live in the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico The largest known colony of bats lives in Br…

Harry Houdini (1874-1926) The Great Houdini  is a name that will forever define the term "escape artist." As the Budapest-born, American-bred performer would so often proclaim, "…

A meteorite is bits of the outer space that enter the earth surface surviving the impact. They are chunks and are no bigger than particles of dust and sand When in the outer space they are know…

Tsunami is a Japanese word. "Tsu" translates to harbor and "nami" to wave. When a body of water is rapidly displaced, a series of waves are created In the 1940s, an earthqua…

Lorne Green had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while host of Lorne Green's Wild Kingdom There are only two countries on earth that have alligators: the United States and Chin…

One generally reliable rule to distinguish between alligators and crocodiles is that alligators have U-shaped heads, while crocodiles are V-shaped Steve Irwin's body was fed to crocodiles a…

Unlike the other different types of lizards, Komodo dragons maintain a single mate throughout their lifetime Komodo can run at about 11 miles an hour It is the only lizard that hunts and kills…

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ate three chocolate-covered garlic balls every morning For people that are lactose intolerant, chocolate aids in helping milk digest easier In China, people eat a …