- When a member of a whale group is sick or injured, other whales will push it up to the surface of the water to help it breathe.
- The Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall.
- Acoustic Kitty was once a cat in training to be a spy.
- Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate.
- You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and played a large role in the history of geometry including a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
- A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon.
- Strawberries taste sweeter at room temperature.
- Heavy raindrops are shaped like hamburger buns.
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