- The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific.
- The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets.
- Chicken drumsticks contain the least amount of meat on a chicken.
- The US flag has 13 stripes (representing the original 13 states).
- The Amazon rainforest produces half the world's oxygen supply.
- The expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots).
- Sound travels 4.3 times faster through water than in air.
- Coffee is the most popular beverage worldwide with over 400 billion cups consumed each year.
- It is believed that Ancient Egyptians used complex mathematics such as algebra, arithmetic and geometry as far back as 3000 BC, such as equations to approximate the area of circles.
- An office desk has 400 times more bacteria than a toilet.
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