- You use 72 different muscles while speaking.
- The life span of a house fly is between 10 to 25 days.
- Ralph Lauren's original name was Ralph Lifshitz.
- In zero gravity, a candle's flame may appear circular and blue.
- That you burn more calories eating celery than it contains (the more you eat the thinner you become).
- The Eiffel Tower is over 300m (984 ft) tall.
- The Hindu-Arabic numeral system began developing as early as the 1st century with a full system being established around the 9th century, forming the basis of the numerical digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 that we use today.
- Volleyball was invented in 1895.
- 'orology' is the study of mountains.
- There is no rice in rice paper.
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