Awesome Facts

I'm always interested in weird, wonderful and just pain awesome facts!
So, post as many as you know
- "Oriental" purely means the shape of the eye.
Asian/etc people have Oriental eyes, while English/American/etc people have Occidental eyes!
- At maximum acceleration, a greyhound reaches a full speed of 70 kmh within 30 metres or six strides from the boxes, traveling at almost 20 metres per second for the first 250 metres of a race.
- Horses used to have 5 toes.
- Jackie Chans real name is Chan Kong Sang. (Oh shush! I had to put one JC fact in here!)
- Caracals can just 8ft straight up in the air.
- Peregrin Falcons can reach speeds of 270mph in a dive.
So, post as many as you know

- "Oriental" purely means the shape of the eye.
Asian/etc people have Oriental eyes, while English/American/etc people have Occidental eyes!
- At maximum acceleration, a greyhound reaches a full speed of 70 kmh within 30 metres or six strides from the boxes, traveling at almost 20 metres per second for the first 250 metres of a race.
- Horses used to have 5 toes.
- Jackie Chans real name is Chan Kong Sang. (Oh shush! I had to put one JC fact in here!)
- Caracals can just 8ft straight up in the air.
- Peregrin Falcons can reach speeds of 270mph in a dive.