http://www.dumbfacts.com Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:42:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/termites-cant-digest-wood-the-protozoa-in/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/termites-cant-digest-wood-the-protozoa-in/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:21:12 +0000 Administrator Termites can’t digest wood, the protozoa in their stomach (they eat them when they are younger) actually are the devourers of the wood. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/termites-cant-digest-wood-the-protozoa-in/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/slugs-have-4-noses/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/slugs-have-4-noses/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Slugs have 4 noses. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/slugs-have-4-noses/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-dragonflys-first-six-months-of-life-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-dragonflys-first-six-months-of-life-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator A dragonfly’s first six months of life are spent underwater. After this time, it comes out of the water, sheds its outer skin, and starts flying, but if it falls in the water after it has shed its skin, it drowns. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-dragonflys-first-six-months-of-life-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-leech-can-drink-up-to-eight-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-leech-can-drink-up-to-eight-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator A leech can drink up to eight time its weight in blood at one sitting. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/a-leech-can-drink-up-to-eight-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/if-you-weighed-all-the-earthworms-in-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/if-you-weighed-all-the-earthworms-in-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator If you weighed all the earthworms in the US, they’d be about 55 times heavier than the combined weight of all Americans. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/if-you-weighed-all-the-earthworms-in-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-male-gypsy-moth-can-smell-the-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-male-gypsy-moth-can-smell-the-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The male gypsy moth can “smell” the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-male-gypsy-moth-can-smell-the-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/some-dragonflies-can-fly-at-speeds-of-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/some-dragonflies-can-fly-at-speeds-of-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Some dragonflies can fly at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/some-dragonflies-can-fly-at-speeds-of-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-average-garden-variety-caterpillar-has-248-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-average-garden-variety-caterpillar-has-248-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/the-average-garden-variety-caterpillar-has-248-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/cockroaches-can-survive-underwater-for-up-to-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/cockroaches-can-survive-underwater-for-up-to-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Cockroaches can survive underwater for up to 15 minutes. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/cockroaches-can-survive-underwater-for-up-to-/feed/ 0 http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/since-the-successful-launch-of-space-shuttle-/ http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/since-the-successful-launch-of-space-shuttle-/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2004 17:53:12 +0000 Administrator Since the successful launch of space shuttle Columbia on mission STS-90 there have been more crickets in space than humans. ]]> http://www.dumbfacts.com/directory-of-facts/since-the-successful-launch-of-space-shuttle-/feed/ 0