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Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than air. The D.C. in Washington D.C. stands for District of Columbia. You might have heard the word 'infinity' before or seen its symbol that looks like the number 8 placed on its side. Infinity means a limitless quantity or something that goes on forever. While it's not really a number like 1, 2 or 3, infinity is often used in math as part of equations and formulas. Dirty snow melts quicker than clean snow. Walruses are true party animals; they can go without sleep for 84 hours. Birds can sleep with one eye open. An elephants ears are used to regulate body temperature. The average raindrop takes 2 minutes to hit the ground. The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum. The Earth weighs 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. reload more facts