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Can a shark swim backwards?

Can a shark swim backwards?

Unlike fish, sharks cannot stop suddenly or swim backwards. A shark’s pectoral fins cannot bend upwards like a fish, limiting its swimming ability to forward motion. If a shark needs to move backwards, it uses gravity to fall, not swim backwards.

How often do Friday the 13ths occur?

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a ‘Friday the 13th’.

How long can you be held without being charged?

The police can hold you for up to 24 hours before they have to charge you with a crime or release you. They can apply to hold you for up to 36 or 96 hours if you’re suspected of a serious crime, eg murder. You can be held without charge for up to 14 days If you’re arrested under the Terrorism Act.

How many championships did Richard Petty win?

Petty shares the record of seven championships with Dale Earnhardt in what is now the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and Johnson can crawl within one title of that mark by clinching his sixth crown in Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Can dogs see in color or just black and white?

Veterinarians used to believe that dogs saw only in black and white, but recent studies suggest that they actually do have some color vision—but it’s not as bright as a human’s.

How long is a giraffe’s tongue?

On average the length of a giraffe’s tongue is 21 inches and they can use them to clean their ears.

How smart are elephants?

Years of research by scientists shows that elephants feel emotions such as joy, anger, grief, altruism, compassion, stress, and love. It has even been said that the emotional attachment elephants experience towards family members may even be comparable to that of human beings. This research suggests that these large land mammals do not solely focus on survival. They also act on feeling.

How many ounces of beer are in a keg?

A barrel (Bbl) is the standard method for measuring kegs of beer. Depending on the brewery, beers are kegged in various size containers, as follows: 1/2 barrel = 15.5 gallons = 124 pints = 165 12oz bottles – (Full Size Keg)

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