- Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.
- A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures hotter than the sun.
- Chinese mathematics developed around the 11th century BC and included important concepts related to negative numbers, decimals, algebra and geometry.
- The first letters of the months July through to November spell JASON.
- Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high.
- Hypnotism is banned in public schools in San Diego (U.S.).
- An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
- The average woman will consume over 2.7kg (6 pounds) of lipstick in their lifetime.
- All snakes are carnivorous.
- Aichmophobia is the fear of needles and pointed objects.
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