- Dairy cows drink up to 50 gallons of water per day.
- The snow on Venus is metal.
- One acre of peanuts will make about 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
- The greyhound is the fastest dog and can reach speeds of up to 72kph (45mph).
- Elephants can smell water from miles away.
- MTV (Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. August 1st 1981 (the first music video shown 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles).
- In the 17th century Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler made important discoveries relating to planetary motion and orbits.
- To crack a whip the tip must be travelling faster than the speed of sound.
- The 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and English.
- Dinosaurs lived on Earth for over 165 million years before they became extinct.
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