- The statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.
- Babylonians measured the circumference of a circle as approximately 3 times the diameter, which is fairly close to today's measurement which uses the value of Pi (around 3.14).
- Pelicans consume around a 1/3 of its body weight in a single meal.
- Astronauts can't burp in space.
- Giraffes can't cough.
- Icelandic phone books are listed by first names (not surnames).
- The only continent without reptiles or snakes is Antarctica.
- A bowling pin will fall at a tilt of 7.5 degrees.
- Household dust is made of dead skin cells.
- Each red blood cell lives an average of 4 months and travels between the lungs and other tissue 75,000 times before returning to bone marrow to die.
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