- 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).
- The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons.
- A cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through.
- Ablutophobia is the fear of bathing.
- Kangaroos cannot jump without their tails touching the ground.
- The hardest substance in the human body is enamel.
- The average cat can jump 5 times as high as its tail is long.
- 1/4 of the bones in your body are in your feet.
- The $ sign was introduced in 1788.
- Hens do not need a rooster to lay an egg.
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