Dolphins In The Military
Bottlenose dolphins have served alongside sea lions helping the U.S. Navy patrol the seas since the 1960s.
The dolphins use their sophisticated biological sonar to search for mines.
The dolphin will send out a series of clicks that bounce off objects and return to the dolphin. That allows it to get a mental image of the object, and it can then report to its human handler using certain yes or no responses.
The handler can also follow up on a yes response by sending the dolphin to mark the object’s location with a weighted buoy line.
The mine-marking abilities were useful during both the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War, with Navy dolphins helping to clear the port of Umm Qasr in southern Iraq.
Dolphins can also tag enemy swimmers, but the U.S. Navy denies rumors about training dolphins to use weapons against humans.
Smallest Bone In The Body
The smallest bone in the human body is the stirrup bone, also called the stapes.
The stirrup bone is found in the ear, it is shaped like a ‘U’, and it’s purpose is to pass vibrations from the anvil to cochlea.
In a full grown adult it reaches 0.25 to 0.33 cm long.
Longest Electric Bike In The World
The longest electric bike is 5.2 meters long and can seat nine people. This bike was created in China and its manufacturer has already applied for the Longest Electric Bike official Guinness Record.
This bicycle could carry a big family easily …
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Longest Joke Telling Marathon
The longest joke telling marathon occurred in 1992.
Mike Heeman managed to tell 12,682 jokes during a 24 hour period.
Now see some funny jokes and pictures
Most Expensive Pizza
In November 2006, Maurizio Morelli, an Italian lawyer, won an auction on eBay for a pizza and on February 14, 2007, as a Valentine’s present for his wife the pizza was delivered.
The pizza, called Pizza Royale 007, contained venison medallions, Scottish smoked salmon, edible gold, champagne-soaked caviar and lobster marinated in the finest Cognac.
Chef Domenico Crolla from Glasgow flew over 1,000 miles to Rome to prepare the 12 ” most expensive pizza in the world.
The pizza cost £2,150 or about $4300.00 USD at that time.
Tomato Festival In Spain
The Tomato Festival , La Tomatina, is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol in Valencia, Spain.
Tens of metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets in exactly one hour.
The festival turns into a tomato slinging war.
Everyone is supposed to obey a few rules: You must squash the tomato before throwing it and you are not allowed to throw anything other than tomatoes.
So, would you participate in this tomato festival?
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