- The word denim comes from 'de Nimes' or from Nimes which is a town in France.
- Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
- Rabbits like licorice.
- There is a museum of strawberries in Belgium.
- Natural gas has no smell (the odor is artificially added so that people are able to identify leaks).
- When lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit).
- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet.
- A dragonfly can fly at 40kph (25mph).
- Bees can see ultraviolet light.
- The algae found in the world's oceans produces nearly 50% of the world's oxygen.
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