- 'Bookkeeper' and 'bookkeeping' are the only 2 words in the English language with three consecutive double letters.
- Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world’s freshwater.
- Polar bears have black skin.
- Some fish cough. Really.
- Cans of diet soda will float in water but regular soda cans will sink.
- Your big toe only has 2 bones and the rest have 3.
- The Super Soaker was designed and invented by a NASA engineer.
- India has the most post offices than any other country (over 100,000).
- New Zealands first hospital was opened in 1843.
- A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation (Death can occur about 10 days without sleep while starvation takes a few weeks).
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