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- Q: What muscle do people notoriously know for attaching at only one end?
A: The tongue (specifically the extrinsic muscles of the tongue, such as the genioglossus). Most skeletal muscles anchor to bone at both ends (origin and insertion) to create leverage across a joint. The tongue attaches to the hyoid bone, mandible, and styloid processes at the back, while its front part moves freely. - Q: From what does an eolic power station generate electricity?
A: Wind. Turbines produce electricity by converting the kinetic energy of moving air into mechanical power. - Q: Which African animal kills the most people?
A: The mosquito. Responsible for roughly 500,000 to over 700,000 deaths annually due to the diseases they carry. Snakes: 20,000–30,000+ deaths. Crocodiles: ~1,000 deaths. Hippopotamus: ~500–3,000 deaths. Elephants: ~500–600 deaths. Lions: ~100–250+ deaths. - Q: Which comet appears in our skies roughly every 75–76 years?
A: Halley’s Comet (officially designated 1P/Halley). It is the only short-period comet regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, last appearing in 1986 and expected to return to the inner solar system in July 2061. - Q: Which medical condition causes the abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland due to an iodine deficiency?
A: Goitre. It occurs because the thyroid gland works harder and grows larger, trying to compensate for the lack of iodine needed to produce thyroid hormones. - Q: What is the main food of the blue whale?
A: Krill. They are tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans. Blue whales are filter feeders that eat up to four to six tonnes of krill daily by engulfing large swarms and straining them through their baleen plates. - Q: Which order of insects has the most species?
A: Beetle (Coleoptera). There are approximately 392,400 to 400,000 described beetle species, accounting for nearly 40% of all known insect species and 25% of all known animal life - Q: Which planet’s diameter is most equal to that of the Earth’s?
A: Venus. Venus has an equatorial diameter of about 12,104 km, which is roughly 95% of Earth’s 12,756 km diameter, making it only about 5% smaller - Q: To the nearest 250 grams, what is the average weight of an adult human brain?
A: 1,250 grams (approximately 1.25 to 1.4 kg or 3 lbs). The human brain is nearly 60 percent fat. - Q: Which animal hops as fast as 40 mph?
A: Kangaroo (red kangaroo). As the world’s largest marsupial, they use powerful hind legs and elastic tendons to cover over 25 feet (10 meters) in a single bound.