- At one time, serving ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas was prohibited.
- 99% of our solar system's mass is the sun.
- The average American will consume over 465 trees worth of paper over their lifetime.
- There are over 2,500 different types of mushrooms.
- Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second.
- The US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states).
- What comes after a million, billion and trillion? A quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, decillion and undecillion.
- Sun light can penetrate clean ocean water up to a depth of 73m (240 feet).
- Ostrich Eggs can support the weight of a grown man.
- The Colgate toothpaste company started out making starch, soap, and candles.
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