- The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint.
- Bernhard Riemann was an influential German mathematician who contributed to differential geometry and analysis, paving the way for the development of general relativity by Albert Einstein.
- Cats spend 66% of their life asleep.
- Americans eat 35,000 tons of pasta a year.
- Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air.
- Crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure.
- A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
- The word racecar can be spelled the same way backwards.
- A car travelling at 80kph (50mph) uses half its fuel to overcome wind resistance.
- 30% of people refuse to sit on a public toilet seats.
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