- Coffee represents 75% of all the caffeine consumed in the US.
- It is believed that Ancient Egyptians used complex mathematics such as algebra, arithmetic and geometry as far back as 3000 BC, such as equations to approximate the area of circles.
- China manufacturers 70% of the worlds toys.
- You have to eat 5kg (11lb) of potatoes to put on .5kg (1lb) of weight (a potato has no more calories than an apple).
- The safest car color is white.
- 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 US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states).
- Australia is the only country that is also a continent.
- Dairy cows drink up to 50 gallons of water per day.
- The chicken is the closest living relative of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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