- 45,000 thunderstorms around the world occur every day.
- Hiccups usually lasts for 5 minutes.
- The average raindrop weighs less than an eyelash.
- A 'googolplex' is the number 1 followed by a googol zeros, a number so ridiculously big that it can't be written because there literally isn't enough room in the entire universe to fit it in!.
- The color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter).
- The word 'lethologica' describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
- People in Iceland read more books per capita than any other country.
- The cheetah is the only cat that can't retract it's claws.
- In the U.S., there is an official rock, paper, scissors league.
- The Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons.
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