- Mexican jumping beans jump to get out of sunlight.
- Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062).
- Indonesia is made up of more than 17,000 islands.
- The moon is 27% the size of the Earth.
- Scotland has 421 words for snow.
- A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
- Pez was invented in 1927.
- Due to gravitational effects you weigh is slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
- Some bears build nests in trees to sunbathe and rest.
- No number from one to 999 includes the letter "a" in its word form.
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