- Powerful earthquakes can make the Earth spin faster.
- 21% of people don't make their bed in the morning.
- Every living thing on the Earth contains carbon.
- Peru has more pyramids than Egypt.
- The Statue of Liberty features 7 points in her crown- one for each of the continents.
- The yo-yo was originally used as a weapon for hunting the in the Philippines.
- Employees are more likely to book holidays off work on a Monday that any other week day.
- It takes 110 silkworm cocoons to make an average tie.
- In 1642 French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator.
- An AA battery with no charge remaining will not bounce when dropped.
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