10 MIND BLOWING FACTS 6

1. Human hair is so strong that a single strand could hold 100g (3oz) in weight: the combined hair of a whole head could support 12 tonnes, or the weight of two elephants.

2. Looking at a photo of a loved one reduces pain by 44%, a study found. Distance does make the hearts grow fonder!

3. Everyone on earth is born with the ability to wiggle their ears, but if you don't learn this at an early age, you can't learn any longer.

4. Ostrich has the biggest eyes in the whole animal kingdom. Its eye is bigger than its brain.

5. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second.

6. Light doesn't necessarily travel at the speed of light. The slowest we've ever recorded light moving at is 38 mph.

7. A team of Swiss scientists have discovered that a molecule, known as urolithin A, which is found in pomegranates, enables muscle cells to protect themselves against one of the major causes of aging.

8. Powerful earthquakes can permanently shorten the length of Earth's day, by moving the spin of the Earth's axis. The 2011 Japan earthquake knocked 1.8 microseconds off our days. The 2004 Sumatra quake cost us around 6.8 microseconds.

9. The world's deepest postbox is in Susami Bay in Japan. It's 10 meters underwater, and diving suits are needed to pick up and drop off the mail!

10. Bananas go through a unique process known as negative geotropism. Instead of continuing to grow towards the ground, they start to turn towards the sun. The fruit grows against gravity, giving the banana its familiar curved shape.