- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- The basic arithmetic operations used in mathematics are addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- The lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years.
- Astronauts actually get taller when in space.
- The first metered taxi was introduced in 1907.
- Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any other country.
- The frozen foods were first introduced in the 1920.
- To make one pound of honey, a honeybee must tap about two million flowers.
- The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters.
- Peru has more pyramids than Egypt.
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