- A Sphygmomanometer measures blood pressure.
- Orienteering originated from Sweden.
- An elephant's trunk can hold over 5 litres of water.
- Over 500 meteorites hit the Earth each year.
- You transfer more germs shaking hands than kissing.
- Pandas spend 12 hours a day eating bamboo.
- You might have heard the word 'infinity' before or seen its symbol that looks like the number 8 placed on its side. Infinity means a limitless quantity or something that goes on forever. While it's not really a number like 1, 2 or 3, infinity is often used in math as part of equations and formulas.
- You blink over 4 million times a year.
- 2/3 of the world's eggplants are grown in the US New Jersey.
- Giraffes has the highest blood pressure of any animal.
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