- Australia was originally called New Holland.
- The number of times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds, plus 37, will give you the current air temperature.
- Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.
- Myrmecophobia is the fear of ants.
- Toe wrestling is a competitive sport.
- Venus is the only planet to rotate clockwise.
- Brazil borders every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador.
- The bigger the orange the sweeter sweeter it is.
- Chameleons can move both their eyes in different directions at the same time.
- Humans can encourage precipitation with cloud seeding.
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