- Pop corn was invented by the Aztec Indians.
- The numerical digits we use today such as 1, 2 and 3 are based on the Hindu-Arabic numeral system developed over 1000 years ago.
- The yoke of an Ostrich egg is the largest cell in the world.
- The average mature oak tree sheds over 700,000 leaves in Autumn.
- A duck has three eyelids.
- Chicago is named after smelly garlic that once grew in the area.
- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
- An average person will spend 25 years asleep.
- Mosquitoes prefer to bite people with Type O blood.
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