- Wine is sold in tinted bottles because it spoils when exposed to light.
- Isaac Newton discovered the laws of physics and brought together many important concepts of infinitesimal calculus.
- Herpetophobia is the fear of reptiles.
- A baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- The teeth of a viperfish are so sharp and long that if it closed its mouth with the teeth inside, it would pierce its brain.
- Ants can lift 50 times their own weight.
- A compass needle does not point directly north.
- Americans spend $10 million a day on potato chips.
- The longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles).
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