- The color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter).
- If you could drive to the sun at a speed of 88.5 km/h (55 mp/h) it would take around 193 years.
- A hummingbird's heart beats at over a 1,000 times a minute.
- Americans throw away 44 million newspapers a day.
- Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'.
- Tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food.
- If left in the dark, goldfish may turn a whitish color.
- One acre of peanuts will make about 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
- Strawberries are actually members of the rose family.
- 45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star.
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