1. The only painting by Leonard Da Vinci on permanent display in the United States hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Its the portrait of Ginevra di Benci the wife of the politician in Florence.
2. Beluga whales which are also called ''white whales'' are not born white. They are born grey in color, and by the age of six become complete white.
3. In an average lifetime, a person will spend 4 years travelling in an automobile and six months waiting at a red light.
4. If you yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
5. Between 20,000 and 60,000 bees live in a hive. The Queen bees lays nearly 1,500 eggs a day and lives for up to 2 years. The drone, whose only job is to mate with the queen bees, has a life span of around 24 days he has no sting. Worker bees-all sterile females-usually work themselves to death within 40 days, collecting pollen and nectar. Worker bees will fly 0-9 miles to find pollen and nectar, flying at speeds as fast as 15 mph.
