- Gold never erodes.
- Atychiphobia is the fear of failure.
- Employees of the Vatican pay no income tax.
- You burn more calories sleeping than watching TV.
- The Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
- Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster.
- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- After Hawaii, New York is the state surrounded by the most water.
- Owls can't move their eyes from side to side.
- Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames).
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