var arrayFacts = [ "Flying Fast:

The average flight speed of a housefly is 4.5mph.", "Brisk Breeders:

Female flies lay around 100 eggs at a time, all of which will hatch in 48 hours.", "No Toothbrush Necessary:

The common housefly has no mouth.", "Flies have Taste?

Flies can 'taste' through glands in their feet.", "Food for the Flies:

Screwworm fly larvae was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of prisoners on Devil's Island in 1858.

The screwworm's larvae are different from other fly larvae, because they gouge into 'living' flesh.

These parasitic larva enter open wounds and feed on the flesh of living livestock and other warm-blooded animals, including humans.", "Screwworms Be Gone!

The female screwworm fly can lay up to 400 eggs near the edge of a wound.

The same wound will attract additional screwworm flies, resulting in the infestation of thousands of larvae.

The screwworm was eradicated from the United States in 1982, but occasionally an outbreak occurs. Early detection has averted major outbreaks.", "Fly Table Manners:

When the fly is ready to eat, it vomits on the food. The vomit dissolves the food into a liquid that they can drink.

Unfortunately, the substance contains germs from previous foodstuffs, and some is left behind in the process.", "It's All in the Eyes:

Female stalk-eyed flies are smitten by males whose eyes literally pop out of their heads. The stalk-eyed fly is born with a 'selfish' X chromosome. This chromosome results in populations where the females outnumber the males.

The males with the longer eyespans carry a special Y chromosome that suppresses the 'selfish' X chromosome. This chromosome allows for the production of more sons.

Eager to produce more males, the females will purposely seek out the males with longer eyespans.", "Genetic Engineering:

The female dung fly has three sperm storage compartments. In summer, she will mate with small-bodied males, so she can produce offspring that mature quickly and start the next breeding season.

In the fall, she chooses larger males for their size and food gathering abilities. This gives her offspring the ability to survive the long winters.

While she is mating, the female will rub against the male's legs, from which she receives special molecules that contain genetic information, about the specific male.

The sperm and genetic information she collects are stored in the three compartments to be used later, depending on what traits her offspring may need.", "Don't Eat The 'cheese skipper:'

Found throughout the world, the 'cheese skipper' can jump 6-8 inches into the air. These larva grab the folds of their abdomen with their mouth hooks, tense their muscles, and then release their hold to flip themselves into the air.

People have mistakenly eaten 'cheese skippers,' because the larva burrow deep into a variety of foods. The larva are extremely hardy and can live in the intestines of mammals.

Their mouth hooks cut into the intestinal walls, causing abdominal pain, nausea, and bloody diarrhea.", "The Executioners:

The female species of the Apocephalus jabs a hole inside an ant's body inserts an egg inside. Once the egg hatches, the larva travels to the host's head where it feeds on the muscles and tissues that fill the head capsule.

Eventually, the head falls off. It is not an unusual sight for people in Costa Rica to see leaf cutting ants walking around with nothing inside their head cavity except for the fly larva.", "Thank You, Mayfly!

Mayflies may be small but their value in the world is immense.

Biologists use them as indicators of water quality since their presence indicates the health of the environment.

They are a vital link to the food chain of the ecosystem, making energy stored in algae and other aquatic plants available to higher consumers.", "Dr. Blow-fly:

The larvae of the blow-fly is used to treat wounds and bone infections.

They feed on dead tissue and secret a substance known as allantoin, which helps tissue to heal.", "Music in the Air:

The buzzing of flies and bees is not produced by any sound apparatus in their bodies.

It is the sound of their wings moving up and down at a rapid rate.", "Before Sunrise:

Mayflies live less than a day and never eat in their adulthood. Their lifetime begins in the late afternoon when they emerge from eggs.

They fly for the first time, mate, lay eggs and die before dawn, having spent less than 24 hours on Earth.", "Filthy Flies:

Flies can carry more than 100 types of diseases!

Flies are attracted to the worst places: toilets, dumps, sewage, decaying food, feces, and rotting carcasses.

Unfortunately, they also walk around on your food while tasting it with their feet. Although flies are continuously cleaning themselves, germs are still attached to their feet and body hairs."];