- The world's first paved streets were laid in Rome in 170 B.C.
- Helminthophobia is the fear of worms.
- Female lions are the primary hunters of the pride.
- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- Yawns are contagious to dogs as well as humans.
- If you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
- Flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds.
- A duck can't walk without bobbing its head.
- Hippopotamuses are born under water.
- The average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food.
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