- The typewriter was invented in 1829.
- An electric eel can release a charge powerful enough to start 50 cars.
- All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English regardless of their country of origin.
- A chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body.
- The most commonly forgotten item for travelers is their toothbrush.
- Snakes eat their body weight in one year.
- The atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric).
- A baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
- Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor.
- The fire hydrant patent was ironically destroyed in a fire.
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