- Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%).
- A female ferret is called a jill.
- Catfish have over 100,000 taste buds.
- A human brain weighs around 3 pounds.
- The surface area of your lungs is roughly the same size as a tennis court.
- Before 1863 the postal service in the US was free.
- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
- The average dog can understand over 150 words.
- A third of Americans flush the toilet while they're still sitting on it.
- Alan Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who cracked German ciphers (codes) in the Second World War, contributed to mathematical logic and played an important role in the development of algorithms, artificial intelligence and the modern computer.
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