During the high feeding season, it has been estimated that an adult blue whale can eat up to 40 million krill in one day. (Krill are shrimp like creatures).

There is no element on Mendeleev's (the current) periodic table of elements abbreviated, either partially, or fully, with the letter J.

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

AMAZING FACTS