(source - Guinness Book of World Records - 1989) <br /> <br />Illacme Plenipes, a millipede* <br />Continues to deceive <br />No one thousand feet it has <br />Seven hundred fifty feet it has <br /> <br />*This millipede is reported to have had 750 legs. <br /> <br />The millipede Illacme Plenipes* <br />Has a chore getting out and into bed <br />With all those shoes on his feet <br />Every morning and night repeating the feat <br /> <br />The difference between a centipede <br />And a millipede may be one of feet. <br />The one is shorter, the other longer than a foot. <br />The difference is plain when you look <br /> <br />The killer whale Orcinus orca * <br />is in marine waters the cheetah <br />Dall’s porpoise has a spurt to match <br />But soon must lag behind and watch. <br /> <br /> *On Oct 12,1958, a bull whale measuring 20-25 ft in length was timed at 30 knots (34.5 mph) . This porpoise was also reported to be able to travel for short spurts at 30 knots. <br /> <br />Wagner’s Götterdämmerung+ <br />An operatic aria when sung <br />Listeners must sit to listen awhile <br />about four times a 4-minute mile. <br /> <br /> + The longest single aria or operatic solo, Brünnehilde's recording of this opera was timed at 14 min.46 sec.<br /><br />Ben Gieske<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/world-records-little-unknown-facts/
