- 8.5 million tons of water evaporates from the Dead Sea every day.
- The diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles).
- Red light has the highest wavelength.
- An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
- More people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined.
- The longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles).
- 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.
- The average person laughs 10 times a day.
- One of Snapple's original founders ran a sardine and pickle store in Queens with his family.
- Aichmophobia is the fear of needles and pointed objects.
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