- The Eiffel Tower has 1,792 steps.
- The fastest insect is the Australian dragon fly (its top speed is 57 km/h (35mp/h)).
- The oldest known vegetable is the pea.
- Snails take the longest naps with some lasting as long as three years.
- Modern mathematics has advanced greatly thanks to the incredible computing power of today's computers.
- Chameleons can move their eyes in two directions at the same time.
- The smallest dog is the Chihuahua.
- Archimedes of Syracuse lived around the year 250 BC and among other things, developed a method for determining the volume of objects with irregular shapes.
- You shed a complete layer of skin every 4 weeks.
- The oldest exposed surface on Earth is New Zealand's south island.
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