Amazing True Facts Author:John Guest Thousands of facts to amaze and astound! Freaky Facts: In 2004, a dolphin in Japan was given a prosthetic fin. Scary Facts: In 1990, a tornado in Kansas lifted an 88-coach train from the track. Gross Facts: Each year you lost almost two pounds of skin-enough to fill a large cookie jar! Amazing Facts: An eagle can see a rabbit moving on the groun... more »d from almost two miles away. Simply Unbelievable Facts: An earthquake in 1811 really did send the Mississippi River flowing backward!