Facts of Life
HOME CATEGORIES PETER LEWIS SOURCES LINKS CONTACT BUY BOOK
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
F
Men think women weigh less when they smell of flowers. Fast food isn't a modern idea. It's been with us for thousands of years.
Frogs use their eyeballs to push food down their throats.
The flute was the first musical instrument, and was played by neanderthals 80,000 years ago.
The concave-eared torrent frog has an ultrasonic song. A species of Chilean frog has a pair of fake eyes on its backside.
'Fairy rings' of mushrooms grow continually outwards. A ring in France is 600 metres across and 700 years old. Most fish mounted on walls are actually painted plaster.
PREVIOUS PAGE NEXT PAGE