- The smallest country in the world takes up .2 square miles: Vatican City.
- A spider's silk is stronger than steel.
- Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.
- You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth (most males have 40, females 36).
- Wild cobras can live up to 20 years old.
- Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor.
- You have over 600 muscles.
- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- A deck of cards should be shuffled at least 7 times before playing.
- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand.
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