- Wooly mammoths grew as tall as 14 feet, weighing 10 tons. Mammoths used tusks for protection and to attract mates.
- John Cadbury founded the Cadbury chocolate company in England in 1842 producing the first chocolate bars.
- The only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia.
- All of the cobble stones used to line the streets in New York were originally stones found in the hulls of Belgian ships ballast.
- There are more saunas than cars in Finland.
- Every minute about a billion tons of water falls on Earth.
- An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
- Dolphins are unable to smell.
- Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
- Chicago is named after smelly garlic that once grew in the area.
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