Useless information game

[SumoNinja]

snails don't fizzle and melt if you pour salt on them. i tested the theory

 

[SumoNinja]

when you flush a toilet in Australia, the water does NOT swirl in the opposite direction compared to a flush in the US

 

[Davey_8313]

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order

 

[balton777]

The longest non-technical and non-chemical english word is antidisestablishmentarianism.

The technical term; Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

 

[JK47]

I giraffe's tongue is 18" long...

 

[Ash]

The grant zebra is the only zebra who's stripes go all the way around its body (including the belly)...

 

[snakeguy101]

some lizards (like iguanas) have 3 eyes with one being on top of their head.

 

[calcnerd]

The "21 Gun Salute" was derived by adding up the numbers from the year 1776.

 

[Otolith]

^^Was aware of that... Jelly fish have a pineal eye too.
^ Didn't know that.

People looked at elephant skulls and saw the huge holes for the nasal passage and came up with the giant cyclops myths.

 

[Ash]

some lizards (like iguanas) have 3 eyes with one being on top of their head.

The third eye found on some reptiles under the skin on the top of the head also senses light and dark.