- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14).
- Commercial airplanes maintain a cabin pressure of about 6,400 feet (just over 1 mile) above sea level.
- There is no butter in buttermilk.
- To make one pound of honey, a honeybee must tap about two million flowers.
- There is no rice in rice paper.
- Hawaii officially became apart of the US on June 14 1900.
- A fire will burn faster moving uphill than downhill.
- There are over 690 known species of bats.
- Glass balls can bounce higher than rubber ones.
- Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
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