Mythology Quiz

Research from Britain has shown that the most commonly lost items are keys, phones, pens and glasses. That’s hardly surprising. What comes as a bit of a shock, though, is that the average person loses a staggering 3,000 possessions over the course of their lifetime, including 64 umbrellas!

Bats smell, hear, taste, feel and see just like people do. The term "blind as a bat" isn't really accurate. Bats have good eyes for seeing in the daylight. However, they do most of their hunting at night. Instead of relying on their sense of sight for night-time vision, bats make rapid high-pitched squeaks called "ultrasounds". These sounds are too high for most people to hear.

Many experts agree that the oldest tree in the world is Methuselah, a bristlecone pine tree that is over 4,700 years old! Methuselah is in California’s White Mountain range. Not too far away in Nevada, another bristlecone pine was cut down in 1964 and age-dated to be 4,900 years old!