- 99% of our solar system's mass is the sun.
- Volleyball was invented in 1895.
- Isaac Newton discovered the laws of physics and brought together many important concepts of infinitesimal calculus.
- 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean.
- A blue whale's heart beats just twice a minute when it dives.
- The diameter of the sun is 1,390,000km (865,000 miles).
- A King Cobra is the biggest of all poisonous snakes and can grow to over 4 metres (13 feet) long.
- A fire will burn faster moving uphill than downhill.
- The average bed contains over 6 billion dust mites.
- More people are killed from bees than snakes.
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