- Coffee is generally roasted between 204 - 218C (400 - 425F) (the longer the beans are roasted the darker the roast).
- It takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl.
- Squirrels lose more than half of the nuts they hide.
- The elevator was invented in 1850.
- Maine produces more toothpicks than any other state in the U.S.
- In the U.S., there is an official rock, paper, scissors league.
- At the deepest point in the ocean, the water pressure is equivalent to having about 50 jumbo jets piled on top of you.
- Ants won't cross a chalk line.
- Toilets use 35% of indoor water use.
- Giraffes have the same number of vertebrae as humans: 7.
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