That's because despite the name, high-fructose corn syrup is chemically similar to other widely used sweeteners, including table sugar (sucrose), honey, and even sweeteners made from concentrated fruit juices. All contain glucose and fructose in roughly equal amounts. The high-fructose corn syrup used in most soft drinks and other sweetened beverages in the U.S. contains about 55% fructose and 45% glucose, compared to the 50/50 fructose-glucose ratio found in table sugar.
The largest animal on earth -- hands down -- is the blue whale. The largest whale ever recorded weighed 210 tons and was 98 feet long. (Longer whales have been recorded, but not weighed.) The blue whale is an endangered species. Hunted to the brink of extinction, there are between 5,000 and 12,000 blue whales left.
Big in Every Way. Blue whales are so big they are the biggest creature ever to have lived on earth - even bigger than the biggest dinosaurs! The largest whale ever measured was a female weighing 171,000 kgs and measuring over 90ft./27m long. The longest whale measured in at over 110ft./33m.