Bird eggs come in a wide variety of sizes. The largest egg from a living bird belongs to the ostrich. It is more than 2,000 times larger than the smallest bird egg, which is produced by the hummingbird. Ostrich eggs are about 7.1 inches long, 5.5 inches wide and typically weigh 2.7 pounds. Hummingbird eggs are half an inch long, a third of an inch wide and weigh half a gram, or less than a fifth of an ounce.
Birds are largely unaffected by spicy things, like chilies, as they are not sensitive to capsaicin, the hot stuff in chilies.
Bittersweet chocolate is what is usually called for in baking. It contains more chocolate liquor (at least 35%) and less sugar than sweet chocolate. Semisweet chocolate contains 15% 35% chocolate liquor.
Black lemurs are the only primates that can have blue eyes. PHOTO INCLUDED
Blaise Pascal's father was a French tax collector who had trouble keeping track of his collections. So in 1642, young Pascal designed and built a mechanical adding machine to help. It was the first mechanical calculator in history.
Blondes have more hair than dark haired people do.
Blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide.
Blue and fin whales can create the loudest sound by animals ever recorded; sounds that have more energy than jet plane noise.
Blueberry Jelly Belies were created especially for Ronald Regan.
Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman, he changed it in honor of Dylan Thomas.
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