- The average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000 gallons) of water in their lifetime.
- The human eye blinks over 4,200,000 times a year.
- The first English dictionary was written in 1755.
- The state of Alabama once financed the construction of a bridge by holding a rooster auction.
- A chameleons tongue is twice the length of its body.
- Siderodromophobia is the fear of trains.
- Most snakes have 1 lung.
- Australia was originally called New Holland.
- 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.
- Tiger shark embryos begin attacking each other in their mother's womb before they are even born.
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