- The familiar smell of rain is called petrichor.
- Salt used to be a currency.
- Birds can sleep with one eye open.
- Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints.
- French fries are originally from Belgium.
- Children grow faster during springtime.
- The first parachute jump from plane was in 1918 over France.
- A 'googolplex' is the number 1 followed by a googol zeros, a number so ridiculously big that it can't be written because there literally isn't enough room in the entire universe to fit it in!.
- Catoptrophobia is the fear of mirrors.
- American Black bears are not just black but include bears of varying colors including blonde, cinnamon, brown, white and even silver-blue.
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