10 MIND BLOWING FACTS 5

1. A kangaroo can become pregnant and then pause the birth in a type of suspended animation. If a female is not ready to give birth, such as if she is already caring for another baby, the embryo will stop development after a few days!

2. Sunflowers display a behavior called heliotropism. The flower buds and young blossoms will face east in the morning and follow the sun as the earth moves during the day.

3. The reason most mosquito bites itch is because mosquitos inject saliva into the person's skin before they suck your blood. The saliva has an anti-coagulant agent to stop clotting and hence is an irritant to the skin.

4. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

5. A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water. If the amount of water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you'll feel thirsty. If it's reduced by 10% you'll die.

6. Chills are caused by your body's attempt to burn energy and increase your body temperature. This happens usually when your body is trying to fight off an infection.

7. It takes about 37 gallons (140 liters) of water to grow and process coffee beans to make one cup of coffee.

8. It is believed that the world's first selfie, a self-portrait was of Robert Cornelius. He snapped one day in October 1839 while standing in the yard behind his family's lamp store in Philadelphia. He had held this position for somewhere between 3-15 minutes for the exact exposure.

9. Your lips red or pink pigment comes form underlying blood vessels which are red colored. Blood filled capillaries are close to the thin skin on your lips and hence the red color!

10. Green colored light is the least used color of light in the process of photosynthesis. It's reflected back into our eyes. That is why plants are mostly green.