- The world's first roller coaster opened in 1884 at Coney Island New York.
- Miami installed the first ATM for inline skaters.
- An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
- Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor.
- Antarctica is home to the largest desert in the world.
- The name of the popular search engine 'Google' came from a misspelling of the word 'googol', which is a very large number (the number one followed by one hundred zeros to be exact).
- Dark green lettuce leaves are more nutritious than lighter ones.
- One of the ingredients needed to make dynamite is peanuts.
- Tokyo was once known as Edo.
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