- Denver sits at 5,280 feet elevation (1 mile above sea level).
- It takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl.
- Cats can jump up to 7 times their tail length.
- A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures hotter than the sun.
- Bill Gates began programming computers at the of age 13.
- Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
- 9% of people skip breakfast daily.
- Instant coffee was invented in 1901.
- Macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs.
- The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick' is said to be the toughest tongue twister.
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