- Folklore states that if you split a double strawberry in half and share it with the opposite sex, you'll soon fall in love.
- 45% of people use mouthwash everyday.
- After Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water.
- The Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons.
- All hurricanes form over the sea and can last up to 10 days.
- There is enough petrol in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive the average car 4 times around the world.
- Elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in 24 period.
- Your blood is 6 times thicker than water.
- Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador.
- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14).
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