The Royal Quiz

We're more likely to forget something if we've only seen it in black and white. This makes black and white photographs and films both harder to recall. Since color makes a stronger impression on our senses, scientists believe it sticks in the memory longer.

It’s fascinating that the largest animal ever to have lived on earth, the blue whale, feeds on nothing but krill, shrimp-like creatures that are among the smallest sea-dwellers. But it takes 36 metric tons of krill a day to allay an adult blue whale’s hunger. That’s the weight of 25 cars!

The sunset can resemble a spectacular ball of fire as it drops to the horizon because of the Earth’s atmosphere. Our atmosphere acts as a prism, scattering the light and creating a marvelous visual effect. The closer to the horizon the sun dips, the more it starts to lose its blue wavelength hues.