- Brazil got its name from the Brazilian nut (not the other way around).
- The word 'underground is the only word that begins and ends with the letters 'und'.
- Sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than in air.
- 56% of typing is completed by your left hand.
- Hawaii officially became apart of the US on June 14 1900.
- The stomach acids found in a snakes stomach can digest bones and teeth but not fur or hair.
- Elephants are the only mammal that can't jump.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and played a large role in the history of geometry including a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- A caterpillar has more muscles than a human.
- MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.
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