- The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
- In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
- A tsunami can travel as fast as a jet plane.
- Baboons were once trained by Egyptians to wait on tables.
- Pez was invented in 1927.
- In 1900 the average life span in the US was 47.
- When 2 zebras stand side by side they usually face each other in opposite directions to keep an eye out for predators.
- An astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity).
- The average age of a polar bear in the wild is 17 years.
- 53% of women don't leave home without makeup on.
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