- The night vision of tigers is 6 times better than humans.
- Everyday, more money is printed for Monopoly sets than for the U.S. Treasury.
- The supersonic Concorde jet made its first trial flight on January 1st 1969.
- Ancient Egyptians used geometry principles as far back as 3000 BC, using equations to approximate the area of circles among other formulas.
- The elevator was invented in 1850.
- Iceland consumes more Coca Cola per capita than any other country.
- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in 'dous' (they are: hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous).
- Herpetophobia is the fear of reptiles.
- A group of foxes is called a skulk.
- 90% of all volcanic activity occurs in the ocean.
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