- All the blinking in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes.
- Ice skating rinks always go counter clock wise (for the majority of people that are right handed needing to hang onto the rail).
- One of Snapple's original founders ran a sardine and pickle store in Queens with his family.
- Your fingernails grow faster when you are cold.
- A full moon is nine times brighter than a half moon.
- 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.
- Armadillos can walk underwater.
- Apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee.
- Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man.
- Penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere primarily in Antarctica (excluding zoos above the equator).
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