- Flys always launch backwards for a quick getaway.
- The diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles).
- Japan is the 3rd largest consumer of coffee.
- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet.
- It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.
- One of Snapple's original founders ran a sardine and pickle store in Queens with his family.
- Ancient Egyptians used geometry principles as far back as 3000 BC, using equations to approximate the area of circles among other formulas.
- Cheerios cereal was originally called Cheerioats.
- England's first great industry was wool.
- It takes 5 years for an oyster to produce a medium sized pearl.
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