- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and played a large role in the history of geometry including a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- Tug-of-war was an Olympic sport in the early 1900s.
- Crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure.
- Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine.
- Fresh apples float because 25 percent of their volume is air.
- Your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body.
- Heavy raindrops are shaped like hamburger buns.
- The Dead Sea is actually an inland lake.
- Glass balls can bounce higher than rubber ones.
- The doorbell was invented in 1831.
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