- There is a pink lake in Australia named Lake Hillier.
- A group of whales is called a pod.
- The center of the Sun is approximately 15 million C (27 million F).
- The statue of Liberty's mouth is 3 feet wide.
- Sir Isaac Newton was 23 when he discovered the law of gravity.
- Bernhard Riemann was an influential German mathematician who contributed to differential geometry and analysis, paving the way for the development of general relativity by Albert Einstein.
- Porsche also builds tractors.
- The primary reason for growing rice in flooded paddies is to drown the weeds surrounding the young seedlings (rice can grow in well drained areas).
- A nanosecond is one billionth of a second.
- Dairy products account for 29% of all food consumed in the U.S.
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