- August has the highest percentage of births.
- Flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds.
- Europe is the only continent without a desert.
- Australia is the only country that is also a continent.
- Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster.
- There are over 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.
- New born babies have 350 bones (by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206).
- The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek words 'geo', meaning earth, and 'metria', meaning measure.
- The average lifespan of a squirrel is 9 years.
- The average Americans diet consists of 55% junk food.
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