- A standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats.
- Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high.
- Are you terrified that a duck is watching you? Some people are. That is anatidaephobia.
- Each year, the Moon moves away from Earth by about four centimeters.
- It takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie.
- New York's Central Park was opened in 1876.
- Trees do not have life expectancies (most can grown indefinitely).
- The official state gem of Washington is petrified wood.
- There are over 40,000 muscles tendons in an elephant's trunk.
- Salt used to be a currency.
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