- A bumble bee flaps its wings at 160 times a second.
- The world's biggest pyramid is not in Egypt, but in Mexico.
- The average elephant produces 22kg (50 pounds) of dunn each day.
- The fire hydrant patent was ironically destroyed in a fire.
- Over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once a month.
- Butterflies can taste with their hind feet.
- A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
- A human being could swim through the blood vessels of a blue whale.
- Isaac Newton discovered the laws of physics and brought together many important concepts of infinitesimal calculus.
- Perth is Australia's windiest city.
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