- Hawaii is the only US state that grows cacao beans which go into the production of chocolate.
- 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 ball on top of a flag pole is called the truck.
- The average raindrop weighs less than an eyelash.
- Ocean algae produces about 75 percent of the world's oxygen.
- The Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles.
- There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year.
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- The sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth.
- The first toothbrush was invented in 1498.
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