- There are more insects in the world than all other animals combined.
- Reindeer hair is hollow inside like a tube.
- Cheetahs can accelerate from 0 to 70 km/h (43mp/h) in 3 seconds.
- 52% of Americans drink coffee.
- Macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs.
- Silly String was originally designed to be a spray on cast for broken bones.
- New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline.
- The dishwasher was invented in 1889.
- 32% of all land in the U.S. is owned by the government.
- Chinese mathematics developed around the 11th century BC and included important concepts related to negative numbers, decimals, algebra and geometry.
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