- Brontology is the study of thunder.
- The rarest type of diamond is green.
- A horse's canter is a 3-beat gait. After the third beat all three legs are off the ground.
- All of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast.
- The surface area of a brick is 79 cm squared.
- Chocolate manufacturers use 40% of the world's almonds.
- The first Burger King was opened in Florida Miami in 1954.
- Hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal.
- Greyhounds can see better than any other dog breed.
- New York's Central Park was opened in 1876.
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