- The human eye blinks over 4,200,000 times a year.
- The word 'taxi' is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, and Portuguese.
- Kickball is referred to as u201csoccer-baseballu201d in some parts of Canada.
- The wristwatch was invented in 1904.
- Cooking or freezing does not reduce the heat (spiciness) of a chile pepper.
- Tarantula spiders can survive 2 and a half years without food.
- Female condors lays a single egg once every 2 years.
- The familiar smell of rain is called petrichor.
- Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
- Sharks have been on Earth for over 400 million years.
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