- You can't trademark surnames.
- The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally called 'The Seinfeld Chronicles'.
- You can tell the sex of a horse by its teeth (most males have 40, females 36).
- The color of a chile pepper is no indication of its heat (usually the smaller the the hotter).
- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure.
- Different names for the number 0 include zero, nought, naught, nil, zilch and zip.
- An electric eel can release a charge powerful enough to start 50 cars.
- Only male turkeys gobble.
- Adult humans are the only mammal that can't breathe and swallow at the same time.
- The air signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.
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