- October the 10th is national metric day.
- The largest exporter of sugar is Cuba.
- The only thing that can destroy a diamond is intense heat.
- Your right lung takes in more air than your left.
- Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill.
- In 1900 the average life span in the US was 47.
- Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
- The average age at which America's presidents have taken office is 54.
- A duck can't walk without bobbing its head.
- The Hindu-Arabic numeral system began developing as early as the 1st century with a full system being established around the 9th century, forming the basis of the numerical digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 that we use today.
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