- The strike note of the Liberty Bell is E flat.
- A woodpeckers tongue can wrap around its head twice.
- Kickball is referred to as u201csoccer-baseballu201d in some parts of Canada.
- When lightning strikes it can reach up to 30,000 degrees celsius (54,000 degrees fahrenheit).
- In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac.
- The first flight traveled at less than 7 mph (ground speed).
- The human eye blinks over 4,200,000 times a year.
- A deck of cards should be shuffled at least 7 times before playing.
- After bananas a zoo gorilla's favorite food is celery.
- 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.
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