- The average bank teller loses $250 every year.
- The water in the Dead Sea is so salty that its easier to float than sink.
- Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
- Born in 1882, Emmy Noether was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, described by Einstein as the most important woman in the history of mathematics.
- Monopoly is the most played board game in the world.
- Flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds.
- Phantom rain are raindrops that never reach the ground.
- MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.
- The sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth.
- Germany borders 9 other countries.
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