Historical Fun

5 Animal Facts That Are Wrong 1. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. Well, they can't jump, which is why you never see them playing basketball. However, stick them on a bouncy castle and those things can launch themselves into space. Although it's true that elephants can't jump, they aren't the only animals. Hippos can't jump, neither can rhinos, giraffes, penguins, and white men. 2. Blind as a Bat. Yep, bats are blind. Nope, they actually aren't. It's so confusing. They don't have great eyesight, but all species of bats can see. They have adapted to use their sense of smell and hearing to get around, and use a sophisticated and very accurate echo-location to navigate the treacherous tunnels of Wayne Manor. In fact, their inbuilt sonar is better than the sonar arrays on a naval warship. It's probably why the Australian Navy haven't developed their own SONAR, and instead duct-tape thousands of bats to the bottom of the...

You either love them or you hate them. And sometimes you can love them and hate them at the same time. Especially when you're working at your computer and the cats sits down on the keyboard and erases all your hard work. Or it jumps onto your lap but can't quite manage it, so grips your legs, or even worse, your private regions, with its tiny razor sharp claws, causing you to scream and throw your freshly-made and hard-earned cup of coffee across the room. 1. However, you can take some satisfaction in knowing almost four million cats are eaten in China every year. Yep, kid you not. There are countries around the world that think nothing of nibbling on a bit of cat food. And, that's food made of cat, rather than food for cats. Because that would be disgusting. In Korea, cat meat is boiled into a tonic and treats arthritis. Although you do end up licking yourself, purring, and crapping in your child's sand pit. 2. Cats don't have a sweet tooth in their bod...