- 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).
- Chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils.
- Fire's alchemy symbol is a triangle, resembling a campfire.
- Dendrophobia is the fear of trees.
- 72% of people eavesdrop.
- Fresh apples float because they contain 25% air.
- Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.
- There are over 900,000 known species of insects.
- Perth is Australia's windiest city.
- Indonesia is made up of more than 17,000 islands.
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