- Rain contains vitamin B12.
- A rainbow can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon.
- Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras lived around the year 500 BC and is known for his Pythagorean theorem relating to the three sides of a right angle triangle: a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
- The word 'almost' is the longest in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
- In the U.S., there is an official rock, paper, scissors league.
- Halley's comet passes the Earth every 76 years (the next time it will return will be 2062).
- Mexican jumping beans jump to get out of sunlight.
- Coconuts kill over 150 people each year (more than sharks).
- M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie.
- Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
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