- If a Donkey and a Zebra have a baby, it is called a Zonkey.
- Every minute about a billion tons of water falls on Earth.
- Rio de Janeiro translates to river of January.
- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- The corkscrew was invented in 1890.
- There are over 2,500 apple varieties grown in the U.S.
- A woodpecker can peck 20 times a second.
- 72% of people eavesdrop.
- Hawaii officially became apart of the US in 1900.
- The longest one syllable word in the English language is 'screeched'.
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