- 'Lonely Planet' for travelers is based in Melbourne Australia.
- Are you terrified that a duck is watching you? Some people are. That is anatidaephobia.
- About 1/3 of your taste buds are numbed while flying.
- The average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime.
- An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
- The fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h)).
- The teeth of a viperfish are so sharp and long that if it closed its mouth with the teeth inside, it would pierce its brain.
- A group of jellyfish is called a smack.
- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- Sesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
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