- Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity.
- The statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.
- Camel's milk doesn't curdle.
- Scissors were most likely invented ancient Egypt.
- 2 million hydrogen atoms would be required to cover a full stop (.).
- The odds of being stuck by lighting is 280,000 to 1.
- Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
- The skeleton of an African elephant accounts for about 15% of its body weight.
- Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open.
- 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.
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