Fishermen Discover Unknown Sea Creature While Fishing in the East China Sea

Record-Breaking Dives

One species of Beaked Whale, the Cuvier’s beaked whale, regularly dive for an hour at a depth over 1,000 m (3,300 ft). The longest and deepest foraging dive recorded is 137.5 minutes at 2,992 m (9,816 ft). This is the greatest dive-depth known for a mammal without mechanical assistance. There are over 22 species of them, but the number that have actually been studied will shock you…

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.
  • People write love letters to trees in Australia via email.
  • Clark Kent (Superman in DC Comics) is also a character in the Marvel universe, where he's actually just a mild-mannered reporter and nothing more.
  • It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
Next Page →