- Antarctica is 98% ice and 2% barren rock.
- The smallest country in the world takes up .2 square miles: Vatican City.
- Gentoo penguins propose to their life mates with a pebble.
- Greeks constructed aesthetically pleasing buildings and artworks based on the golden ratio of approximately 1.618.
- Cats have a peripheral vision of 285 degrees.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and among other things, developed a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- The average dog can understand over 150 words.
- Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity.
- Most of the Vitamin C found in fruits is in the skin.
- Antarctica is home to the largest desert in the world.
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