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7 Things I did not know last week

1- Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes or shark attacks. 2- Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older. 3- American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class. 4- Venus (right) is the only planet that rotates clockwise . 5- Six of the 10 fastest elevators in the world are located in Asia. 6- The longest speech at the United Nations lasted almost eight hours. 7- Alfred Thayer Mahan - a US navy officer and geostrategist - invented the term " Middle-East " in 1902

Huge Aquariums

These are just a few of the most beautiful places in the world, most interesting and captivating aquariums, where you can easily break into the mesmerizing secrets of the underwater world. World’s Largest Aquarium - Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, a wonderful home for more than 100,000 animals of 500 different species (notable specimens: whale sharks, beluga whales, manta ray) and with a capacity of 8.1 million US gallons (31,000 m³) of marine fresh water. Source: Wikipedia World’s Second Largest Aquarium - Churaumi Aquarium,part of the Ocean Expo Commemorative National Government Park located in Motobu, Okinawa, Japan; capacity: 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water; one of the few places where visitors can see a great variety of sea creatures including sharks and manta rays. Copyright © ozymiles Sources: Green Expander , mattw Largest Aquarium in Europe - Acquario di Genova – [10,000m2 area, 70 water tanks] a spectacular structure and an emotional trip acro...

Zoo Investigates Virgin Shark Birth

Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska is investigating the mysterious birth of a shark to a virgin mother shark. Three female sharks live in a tank at the zoo and neither have ever been close to a male bonnethead shark since they arrived as pups. DNA test are being completed to find out which one of the sharks is the mother and possibly an answer to who the father is.