Have you heard the old tale that a goldfish memory span lasts only up to 3 seconds?  The media has tricked us into believing that goldfish are forgetful creatures through such characters as Dory from the popular film, Finding Nemo.  Come to find out, this is completely false.  According to scientists, a goldfish can store memories and recall them for up to 5 months.  This was tested and proven with a series of trials by researchers from the Technical Institute of Technology in Israel.  The fish subjects were taught to respond to certain sounds in captivity, then several months later, still recognized those same sounds (even in the wild)!  So, the next time someone says, “You’ve got the memory of a goldfish,” don’t take it so hard.

There’s more chickens than humans in the world.  In fact, it’s estimated that there are 45,000 chickens for each individual person on the globe.  That’s a grand total of more than 30,000,000,000,000,000 chickens worldwide.

You’ve probably heard the popular myth about sharks and their immunity to cancer, but these tales are often told by profiteers looking to cash in on shark cartilage and it’s ability to cure or prevent cancer.  The fact is, although rare – sharks DO get cancer.  Studies of cancerous tumors inside sharks have been researched since as early as 1908, with 18 cases out of 1,168 species of sharks.