- An electric eel can release a charge powerful enough to start 50 cars.
- Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent.
- The blueprints for the Eiffel Tower covered more than 14,000 square feet of drafting paper.
- Australia was originally called New Holland.
- The human body has over 600 muscles (40% of the bodys weight).
- There are over 15,000 different kinds of rice.
- Elephants are afraid of bees.
- Sharks never stop moving even when they sleep or rest.
- Modern day geometry has made developments in a number of areas, including those that make use of the raw computing power of today's computers.
- The ancient Greeks first grew carrots as a form of medicine and not a food.
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