- A standard 747 jumbo jet has 420 seats.
- 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia.
- Dark roasted coffee beans contain less caffeine than medium roasted ones (the longer a coffee is roasted the more caffeine is burns off).
- India has over 50 million monkeys.
- The average raindrop weighs less than an eyelash.
- Are you terrified that a duck is watching you? Some people are. That is anatidaephobia.
- The number 1 cause of blindness in the US is diabetes.
- It takes 1 week to make a jelly bean.
- Worker ants may live for 7 years and the queen up to 15.
- Ancient Egyptians used geometry principles as far back as 3000 BC, using equations to approximate the area of circles among other formulas.
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