- Britain was the first country to use postage stamps.
- The 1st full length animated film was released by Disney Studios in 1937 (it was Snow White and the seven dwarfs).
- Snakes eat their body weight in one year.
- U.S. paper currency isn't made of paper u2013 it's actually a blend of cotton and linen.
- The Titanic was built in Belfast.
- Flies can react to an object it sees and change direction in less than 30 milliseconds.
- August has the highest percentage of births.
- Sound travels 10 times faster through granite than air.
- The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
- Birds need gravity to swallow.
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