- A fire will burn faster moving uphill than downhill.
- If you filled a matchbox with gold it could be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
- Cabbage is 91% water.
- Bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and fiber.
- The Olympic flag was designed in 1913.
- There are over 600 windows on the Empire State Building.
- Platypuses are venomous.
- Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all all invented by women.
- Bull's can run faster uphill than down.
- Chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils.
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